as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon
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Recent Examples of stool pigeon
They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
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Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool pigeon
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Trump’s remarks follow last month’s inspector general report from the Biden Justice Department, which detailed the FBI’s use of confidential informants and prompted questions about their roles in the Jan. 6 protest.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Jan. 2025
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On one occasion, authorities say, the informant handed over to the FBI a plastic foam cup containing a granular substance that tested positive for drugs.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
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Cats, however, may turn out to be the canaries in the coalmines — pardon the mixed metaphor.Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
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There is a loud warning in all of this, and Batman is sort of the canary in the coal mine.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps that would have caught the egregious rat genitalia figure, although as Ars Science Editor John Timmer pointed out at the time, the software has limitations.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The team says, however, that part of their next steps will be to develop mobile goggles that can ride along on the heads of larger rodents like rats or tree shrews.Michael Franco, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Stool pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool%20pigeon. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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