| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
Synonyms: |
P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | fink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
canary, narc, nark, rat, scab, snake*, snitch, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattletale, tipster, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, narc, nark, rat, sneak, snitcher, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | stool pigeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer to police |
Synonyms: |
agent provocateur, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, decoy, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, fink, informant, informer, narc, narc, nark, nark, plant, police informer, rat, rat fink, rat, shill, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, spy, squealer, squealer, stoolie, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, weasel, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | weasel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sneak |
Synonyms: |
betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, deceiver, deep throat, double-crosser, fink, informant, informer, narc, nark, rat, sneak, snitch, snitcher, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, turncoat, whistle-blower |
| Main Entry: | betrayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, backstabber, deceiver, double-crosser, fink, narc, nark, rat, snitch, spy, stool pigeon, traitor, turncoat, weasel |
| Main Entry: | informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blab, blabbermouth, canary, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, fat mouth, finger, fink, fork tongue, herald, informer, interviewer, journalist, messenger, nark, newsman, notifier, preacher, propagandist, rat, ratfink, singer, snake, sneak, snitcher, songbird, source, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattler, tattletale, tipster, weasel |
| Main Entry: | tattletale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
bigmouth, blabber, blabbermouth, busybody, canary, fat mouth, fink, gasser, gossip, informer, nark, peacher, polly, quidnunc, rat, ratfink, rumormonger, scandalmonger, sleazemonger, snitch, snitcher, squeaker, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale, tipster, troublemaker, whistleblower, whistler, windbag |
| Main Entry: | informant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
Synonyms: |
canary, fink, nark, rat, sneak, snitch, source, stoolie, tattletale, tipster |