| Main Entry: | accessory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person peripherally involved in illegal activity |
Synonyms: |
abettor, accomplice, aid, aide, assistant, associate, co-conspirator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, helper, insider, partner, plant*, ringer, shill, stall*, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | bait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something for luring |
Synonyms: |
allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, enticement, inducement, lure, seducement, shill, snare, temptation, trap |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bat, stick |
Synonyms: |
baton, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, business*, conk buster, convincer, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet, nightstick, persuader, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap, shill, shillelagh, staff, swatter, truncheon, works* |
| Main Entry: | cudgel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baton for hitting |
Synonyms: |
bastinado, bat, billy, billyclub, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, cosh, ferule, mace, nightstick, paddle, rod, sap, shill, shillelagh, spontoon, stick, switch, truncheon |
| 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: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bait, entrap |
Synonyms: |
allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, egg one on, ensnare, ensorcell, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lead on, lead up garden path, lure, mislead, mousetrap, rope in, seduce, shill, steer, suck in, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile |
| 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: | gambler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamester |
Synonyms: |
backer, bettor, bookie, bookmaker, cardsharp, crapshooter, dicer, highroller, numbers runner, player, plunger, risktaker, shill, speculator |
| Main Entry: | gamester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bettor |
Synonyms: |
backer, bookie, bookmaker, cardsharp, crapshooter, dicer, gambler, highroller, numbers runner, player, plunger, risktaker, shill, speculator |