Значение

значений: 2
  1. (пренебрежительное, разговорное)A person who is easily manipulated, victimized, or made to take the blame for something.

    Sündenbock, Buhmann, Prügelknabe

    простофиляprostofilja

    a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

  2. A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full blame and punishment for a wrongdoing, particularly an assassination; a fall guy.

Примеры

предложений: 7
  1. He was a patsy set up to take the fall.

  2. Tom was too trusting and became a patsy for online scammers.

    ukТом був надто довірливим і став легкою здобиччю для онлайн-шахраїв. — deniko

  3. The con artists needed a patsy to take the fall, so they framed an innocent bystander.

    ukШахраям був потрібен цап-відбувайло, тому вони підставили невинного перехожого. — deniko

  4. I'm just a patsy!

  5. Was Lee Harvey Oswald really a patsy?

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 1
a person who is taken advantage of:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
a person who is taken advantage of:

Происхождение

The term dates back at least to the 1870s in the United States, close to the peak of Irish

The term dates back at least to the 1870s in the United States, close to the peak of Irish migration.

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Формы

мн. число: patsies
Ед. числоpatsy
Мн. числоpatsies

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 9
by being cheated:sucker
by being blamed:scapegoatfall guy
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