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What is a stool pigeon?

What is a stool pigeon? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (slang) A decoy or an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police.
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Forbidden insults have included coward, guttersnipe, hooligan, rat, stool pigeon, swine, and traitor.
He's also a drugs baron and when she interrupts him in the process of rubbing out a stool pigeon, she has to run for her life.
When a mob mastermind decides to turn stool pigeon and squawk, it's up to the S.W.A.T. team to protect him.
When the stool pigeon once more stood in the doorway, rattling his half dollars, they followed him into the den of the tiger.
I've been expecting just this thing ever since you began playing the game with Conway there as a stool pigeon.
Of course, it was possible that Kurt was a stool pigeon, leading him on as a test.

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