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stool pigeon
noun
1 stool pigeon
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stoolie, stoolpigeon.
Roget 529:
disclosure;
retection†;
unveiling
etc.
v.;
deterration†,
revealment,
revelation;
exposition,
exposure;
expose;
whole truth;
telltale
etc.
(news)
532.
acknowledgment,
avowal;
confession,
confessional;
shrift.
bursting of a bubble;
denouement.
[person who discloses a secret]
tattletale,
snitch,
fink,
stool pigeon,
canary.
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Roget 548:
deceiver
etc.
(deceive)
etc.
545;
dissembler,
hypocrite;
sophist,
Pharisee,
Jesuit,
Mawworm†,
Pecksniff,
Joseph Surface,
Tartufe†,
Janus;
serpent,
snake in the grass,
cockatrice,
Judas,
wolf in sheep's clothing;
jilt;
shuffler†,
stool pigeon.
liar
etc.
(lie)
etc.
544;
story-teller,
perjurer,
false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.],
Scapin†;
bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.],
capper [U.S.],
faker,
fraud,
four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†,
ringer [Slang],
spieler†,
straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.],
humbug;
adventurer;
Cagliostro,
Fernam Mendez Pinto;
ass in lion's skin
etc.
(bungler)
701;
actor
etc.
(stage player)
599.
quack,
charlatan,
mountebank,
saltimbanco†,
saltimbanque†,
empiric,
quacksalver,
medicaster†,
Rosicrucian,
gypsy;
man of straw.
conjuror,
juggler,
trickster,
prestidigitator,
jockey;
crimp,
decoy,
decoy duck;
rogue,
knave,
cheat;
swindler
etc.
(thief)
792;
jobber.
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2 stool pigeon
A dummy pigeon used to decoy others.
Moby thesaurus: agent provocateur, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, canary, capper, come-on man, decoy, delator, fink, informer, narc, nark, peacher, plant, shill, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stoolie, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tipster, whistle-blower ... show more.
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