Meaning:
A decoy or an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police.
Examples:
- Maybe you'll find your stool pigeon in tonight's shake up.
- You can't call him a stool pigeon, he considers himself a newspaperman.
- But where did they get this story about making me a stool pigeon?
- Get out of here, you stool pigeon.
- As a matter of fact, however... You look a bit like a stool pigeon.
- We're going to set up the stool pigeon, and then we wait.
- Chuck knew he would be in danger if the criminals found out he was a stool pigeon.
- Yes, initially, because he didn't want to be seen as a stool pigeon.