Rat
Rat noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
Usage example: the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity
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Stool pigeon
Stool pigeon noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
Usage example: the FBI finally got a break when one of the mob boss's top henchmen turned stool pigeon
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However, not only does Frankie deny being the rat, but he also reminds him that he's actually The Stool Pigeon.
Source: The Scapegoat -
The Stool Pigeon: Maggie appears to rat out Dean and Ginny in order to leverage a good word to her superiors.
Source: Series / Pan Am -
The '70s The Stool Pigeon: Serpico: a heroic whistleblower to the outside world, but a rat to his colleagues for breaking the code of silence.
Source: Film / Serpico
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