Definition of stool pigeon in English:

stool pigeon

noun

informal

1A police informer.
（警察的）眼线，暗探
Example sentencesExamples
- The luckless spy spent most of the war in prisons and internment camps eking out a living as a stool pigeon.
- More often, they were prepared to play the stool pigeon not for thirty pieces of silver, but for much more mundane rewards.
- The song is about the ‘victim of someone's evil plan’ who gets turned in by a stool pigeon.
- So many American mob killers have turned stool pigeon or gotten themselves arrested.
- Willis is on the run, a stool pigeon in flight from Chicago; Perry is in heavy debt, and his calculating, blackmailing wife forces him to squeal to Bruce's vengeful bosses about where the contract killer now lives, for a finder's fee.
- When a mob mastermind decides to turn stool pigeon and squawk, it's up to the S.W.A.T. team to protect him.
- That film concerns a stool pigeon tracked down in Spain after 10 years by hired killers working for the crime boss on whom he has informed.
- He was a Jew who began his career as a satirist of the Nazis and ended up as their stool pigeon.
- He monopolizes the stand to the point that it becomes his designated place to sit as much as any director's chair; he is the star witness and stool pigeon for the prosecution.
- Even if I did like crooks who are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you!
Synonyms
informer, betrayer
2A person acting as a decoy.
引诱他人入圈套者，囮子

Origin

Late 19th century: so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy.

Definition of stool pigeon in US English:

stool pigeon

nounsto͞ol ˈpijənstul ˈpɪdʒən

1A police informer.
（警察的）眼线，暗探
Example sentencesExamples
- Willis is on the run, a stool pigeon in flight from Chicago; Perry is in heavy debt, and his calculating, blackmailing wife forces him to squeal to Bruce's vengeful bosses about where the contract killer now lives, for a finder's fee.
- Even if I did like crooks who are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you!
- More often, they were prepared to play the stool pigeon not for thirty pieces of silver, but for much more mundane rewards.
- He was a Jew who began his career as a satirist of the Nazis and ended up as their stool pigeon.
- That film concerns a stool pigeon tracked down in Spain after 10 years by hired killers working for the crime boss on whom he has informed.
- When a mob mastermind decides to turn stool pigeon and squawk, it's up to the S.W.A.T. team to protect him.
- He monopolizes the stand to the point that it becomes his designated place to sit as much as any director's chair; he is the star witness and stool pigeon for the prosecution.
- So many American mob killers have turned stool pigeon or gotten themselves arrested.
- The song is about the ‘victim of someone's evil plan’ who gets turned in by a stool pigeon.
- The luckless spy spent most of the war in prisons and internment camps eking out a living as a stool pigeon.
Synonyms
informer, betrayer
1. 1.1 A person acting as a decoy.
  引诱他人入圈套者，囮子

Origin

Late 19th century: so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy.

单词	stool pigeon
释义	Definition of stool pigeon in English: stool pigeon noun informal 1A police informer. （警察的）眼线，暗探 Example sentencesExamples The luckless spy spent most of the war in prisons and internment camps eking out a living as a stool pigeon. More often, they were prepared to play the stool pigeon not for thirty pieces of silver, but for much more mundane rewards. The song is about the ‘victim of someone's evil plan’ who gets turned in by a stool pigeon. So many American mob killers have turned stool pigeon or gotten themselves arrested. Willis is on the run, a stool pigeon in flight from Chicago; Perry is in heavy debt, and his calculating, blackmailing wife forces him to squeal to Bruce's vengeful bosses about where the contract killer now lives, for a finder's fee. When a mob mastermind decides to turn stool pigeon and squawk, it's up to the S.W.A.T. team to protect him. That film concerns a stool pigeon tracked down in Spain after 10 years by hired killers working for the crime boss on whom he has informed. He was a Jew who began his career as a satirist of the Nazis and ended up as their stool pigeon. He monopolizes the stand to the point that it becomes his designated place to sit as much as any director's chair; he is the star witness and stool pigeon for the prosecution. Even if I did like crooks who are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you! Synonyms informer, betrayer 2A person acting as a decoy. 引诱他人入圈套者，囮子 Origin Late 19th century: so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy. Definition of stool pigeon in US English: stool pigeon nounsto͞ol ˈpijənstul ˈpɪdʒən 1A police informer. （警察的）眼线，暗探 Example sentencesExamples Willis is on the run, a stool pigeon in flight from Chicago; Perry is in heavy debt, and his calculating, blackmailing wife forces him to squeal to Bruce's vengeful bosses about where the contract killer now lives, for a finder's fee. Even if I did like crooks who are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you! More often, they were prepared to play the stool pigeon not for thirty pieces of silver, but for much more mundane rewards. He was a Jew who began his career as a satirist of the Nazis and ended up as their stool pigeon. That film concerns a stool pigeon tracked down in Spain after 10 years by hired killers working for the crime boss on whom he has informed. When a mob mastermind decides to turn stool pigeon and squawk, it's up to the S.W.A.T. team to protect him. He monopolizes the stand to the point that it becomes his designated place to sit as much as any director's chair; he is the star witness and stool pigeon for the prosecution. So many American mob killers have turned stool pigeon or gotten themselves arrested. The song is about the ‘victim of someone's evil plan’ who gets turned in by a stool pigeon. The luckless spy spent most of the war in prisons and internment camps eking out a living as a stool pigeon. Synonyms informer, betrayer 1.1 A person acting as a decoy. 引诱他人入圈套者，囮子 Origin Late 19th century: so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy.
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