| 单词 | stool pigeon |
| 释义 | stool pigeon (once / 58512 pages) n WORD FAMILY stool pigeon: stool pigeons USAGE EXAMPLESIn the end, Mr. Reles, who was known as “Kid Twist,” became a stool pigeon. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) TMZ resembles an intelligence agency as much as a news organization, and it has turned its domain, Los Angeles, into a city of stool pigeons. The New Yorker(Feb 22, 2016) But when the war broke out MI5 watched Owens ever more closely, bugging his house, surrounding him with stool pigeons and directing his radio transmissions. The Guardian(Jan 04, 2013) 1n someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police Syn|Hyper canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stoolie, stoolpigeon betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer one who reveals confidential information in return for money 2n a dummy pigeon used to decoy others Hyper bait, decoy, lure something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed |
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