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[-] featured@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

What is a stool pigeon?

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

A better general word for describing a person who snitches is simply snitch. Definition 1 is typical. Definition 1.1 can be a little confusing.

stool pigeon
1 A police informer.
1.1 A person acting as a decoy.
Etymology: late 1800s so named from the original use of a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy.

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