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| stool pi·geon (plural stool pi·geons) |
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1. police informer: somebody who informs on criminals or their activities to the police
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2. decoy criminal: a criminal working as a decoy for a gang of criminals, with the job of distracting attention from their activities
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3. hunting hunter's decoy pigeon: a pigeon, or a dummy of a pigeon, used by a hunter as a decoy
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