pawn
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7.2
- noun
- /pɔn/
- Offensive
:
peón
- "If you were no more than a pawn, we would not tell you this."
- pawn in the game
- become a pawn
- political pawns
We're allowing ourselves to be played, to be pawns in this ancient game.
- We're allowing ourselves to be played, to be pawns in this ancient game.
- Yeah, you're all a pawn in this greater thing, right?
- We aren't pawns and Knights and bishops.
- And, you know, the kids are just sort of pawns in this game.
- They're just this this pawn in this big tug of war between the US and Russia.
- Another guy was actually Hector's pawn, a guy, Caesar.
- Secondly, the Penguins are now Trump's political pawns.
- And, and my argument was that everyone on the ship, including the captain, were mere pawns of the cartels.
- Aggressors, colonizers, pawns of their national or meta national politics.
- If those in our society who wish to use my people as a political pawn are to have their way.
- You did not some pawn that you sent out to do so.
- You're just the pawn in front of them to really think about.
- Drop in lawsuits, not using these kids as pawns and just basically button out.
Examples
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They're using your daughter as a pawn.
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The chief of police was the pawn of the mayor, appointed by him, accountable to him.
Fiction book (1999) -
If those in our society who wish to use my people as a political pawn are to have their way.
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I'm a pawn in this, just like Roger.
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We're allowing ourselves to be played, to be pawns in this ancient game.
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And, you know, the kids are just sort of pawns in this game.
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Now she saw that other forces operated here: they were pawns in a larger game.
Fiction book (1993) -
Someone has been playing an intricate game and has made pawns of us.
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You're nothing but a pawn, playing on a board so big you can't even see the edge.
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She felt like a pawn in their scheme, used to further their ambitions without concern for her wellbeing.
Synonyms
152
5.6
A person controlled by others to do things for them
77
5.5
A person or thing used by someone to carry out their plans
49
8.6
A person who is easily tricked and blamed by others
4
7.7
A person others use to achieve their goals without real power
4
9.9
A foolish person who is easy to trick or control
A person who someone else uses without them knowing
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Etymology
The word pawn meaning a person used by others comes from the chess and army idea of a small, powerless piece or soldier, so calling someone a pawn means they are being moved by others to reach someone else's goal.