stoolie
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈstuːli/
- Offensive
:
soplón
- I'm no stoolie.
Examples
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This stoolie is going to sing.
Fiction book (2000) -
First of all, thank you for being a stoolie and supporting us all these years.
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Being a stoolie is my last official act.
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A stoolie claims you bought it from him.
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A stoolie who rats on his own friends?
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Turns out the kid who got tossed is a stoolie.
Blog text (34) -
The criminal organization was infiltrated by a stoolie who provided the police with crucial information.
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After months of investigation, they finally identified the stoolie who had been leaking details to law enforcement.
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Everyone in the gang suspected that their friend was a stoolie, secretly informing the authorities about their activities.
Synonyms
623
2.9
A person who secretly collects information for a government or company
165
5.6
A person who secretly gives information to police, journalists, or researchers
83
7.5
A person who secretly tells the police about someone else's bad actions
75
6.1
A person who secretly tells adults or police about things other people do wrong
27
6.0
A person who secretly tells police about someone else's crimes to get money or protection
18
4.1
A person who works secretly for the police to gather information while hiding who they are
18
9.2
A person who gives information about others to the police, betraying them
3
9.9
A person who gives the police secret information about criminals
3
8.9
A person who secretly gives information to the police
1
9.9
A person who tells the police about others' illegal drug acts
1
8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
A person who secretly tells the police about criminals
A person who follows someone secretly and tells others what they do
How Negative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stoolie comes from the older term stool pigeon. A stool pigeon was a bird tied to a small 'stool' and used as a 'decoy' to attract other birds, so a stoolie came to mean someone who lures people for the police or who tells on others.