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stool pigeon

stool pi·geon (plural stool pi·geons)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. police informer: somebody who informs on criminals or their activities to the police ( slang )

2. decoy criminal: a criminal working as a decoy for a gang of criminals, with the job of distracting attention from their activities ( slang )

3. hunting hunter's decoy pigeon: a pigeon, or a dummy of a pigeon, used by a hunter as a decoy

[Because hunters' decoys were originally tied to a wooden platform]
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