Sentences with phrase «stool pigeons»

They haven't told FINTRAC to back off using us as «stool pigeons».

Shot in that distinctive mix of location naturalism and matter - of - fact criminal activity that defined so many such films of the early seventies, Eddie Coyle lays bare the food chain of the criminal underworld, from the robbers to the gun suppliers and all the middlemen in between, including the stool pigeons.

On the strength of tips from stool pigeons like Becker (Jon Lovitz), Wes and Jack learn that the murder is linked to a plan by criminals Gen. Curtis Mortars (William Shatner) and Jigsaw (Tim Curry) to lace snack foods with hard drugs.

City Council Member Liz Crowley (D - Middle Village) has come under fire for co-sponsoring a bill that will cut funding for a program that turns the NYC DOC into a flock of stool pigeons for the Federal Government.

They see them at best as stool pigeons for furthering their own agenda, at worst as woolly minded hypocrites who lack the courage to follow the rigorous path of «reason».

Who needs retail stool pigeons to chase extreme valuations even higher?

So they hired one of the traitor's trade, and a stool pigeon was he, and he sold his brother to the butcher's men, for a fistful of silver money, a fistful of money.

And like some sort of prison stool pigeon, I'm going to blab the «secret» recipe on - line here.

Not only is a stool pigeon a decoy bird, it is also unparliamentary and Mr Rogers had to withdraw the remark.

Other animation depicts bizarre hunting techniques, such as the use of a live decoy called a «stool pigeon,» the origin of the term, to lure unsuspecting birds to hidden nets.

When Goldblum uses a scepter to dispatch some amphibious stool pigeon who then melts into a puddle of aquamarine glop, why not?

Day in, day out his deft finger work tends the follicles of every last lager sippin» stool pigeon and wrinkly old Neanderthal in the area who's in need of a short back and sides.

With American law enforcement closing in on the exiled Block, soon Richie's only choice is whether to be a stool pigeon for the Feds or a patsy for the bad guy.

The little girl has no idea that the new man in her mom's life might be the stool pigeon responsible for her father's apprehension and mysterious demise.

He drips charisma and has proven himself capable of both comedy and drama, at least in character roles; catch him as the wheelchair - bound stool pigeon in Training Day.

In January, his work was shown as part of the Open Day Book group show at LACE in Los Angeles, and has been featured in The Stool Pigeon music newspaper in London and A Graphic Cosmogony from Nobrow press.

Curated by Eat Your Own Ears» Tom Baker, alongside Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy, Radio 1's Huw Stephens, Bloggers Delight, Merok, Witchita Recordings, The Wire, Time Out and The Stool Pigeon, amongst others, and held across a staggering 18 venues, Thursday 2nd October will kick off with Beyond The Wizards Sleeve the Balearic behemoth formed by erstwhile Trash promoter Erol Alkan and former grid member Richard Norris.

Plus Drowned in Sound, Steve Lamacq, The Stool Pigeon, Wire Magazine, Young Turks, CMN and many more to be announced.

Stool pigeon.

Not exact matches

It's a pretty threadbare cartoon, essentially just a series of one - off gags about genetically modified animals («[We crossed] a dove with a highchair: a stool - pigeon!»).

Battling the temptations of maturity, the crew discusses Play With Birds ««stool» pigeon and Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D «s bumping and grinding athletes before covering Pilotwings Resort, Rayman 3D, SuperChime, and Fallout: New Vegas.