patsy
A person who is easily manipulated, victimized, or made to take the blame for somethingA person who is easily manipulated, victimized, or made to take the blame for something.
» Tom was too trusting and became a patsy for online scammers.
Том був надто довірливим і став легкою здобиччю для онлайн-шахраїв.
Meaning
2 senses(derogatory, informal)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
A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full blame and punishment for a wrongdoing, particularly an assassination; a fall guy.
Examples
7 sentencesTom was too trusting and became a patsy for online scammers.
Том був надто довірливим і став легкою здобиччю для онлайн-шахраїв.
The con artists needed a patsy to take the fall, so they framed an innocent bystander.
Шахраям був потрібен цап-відбувайло, тому вони підставили невинного перехожого.
He was a patsy set up to take the fall.
I'm just a patsy!
Was Lee Harvey Oswald really a patsy?
Translations
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Origin
The term dates back at least to the 1870s in the United States, close to the peak of IrishThe term dates back at least to the 1870s in the United States, close to the peak of Irish migration.
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