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
Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool pigeon
Noun
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The Islamic State member was plotting an attack in the United States and believed it would be carried out by the informant and Jalloh, court documents said.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Women were central — as planners, fighters, informants, protectors, logisticians, and spiritual anchors.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The proverbial canaries in coal mines will then cause a recession.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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By crunching data from millions of monthly payroll records for workers in jobs with exposure to generative AI, the authors concluded that workers ages 22 to 25—the canaries—have seen about a 13 percent decline in employment since late 2022.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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After a rat raised questions about health and safety at The Urban Tap, the owner says the South Side business is ready to gain back the public's trust.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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To them, rats are a Treasure Valley issue.—
Mark Dee
March 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Trump spent just under two hours on the ground and didn't speak to reporters leaving Air Force One or returning to it.—
DARLENE SUPERVILLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Plohetski was the lead reporter for the Statesman’s groundbreaking coverage of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for public service.—
Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stool pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool%20pigeon. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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