patsy
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈpætsi/
- Offensive
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- The con artist used him as a patsy to carry out her schemes.
- play the patsy
- just a patsy
- a perfect patsy
Now the woman speaking out, saying, look, I'm a Patsy.
- Now the woman speaking out, saying, look, I'm a Patsy.
- So if you talked about it, you were said to be a, you know, like a Patsy of the communists.
- She told him, he told her two months before the assassination that he knew that he was going to be a Patsy.
- That's my favorite because that's very much the the Oswald, you know, he's a Patsy, you know, Lee Harvey Oswald, who was, you know, people say like he didn't shoot Kennedy at all.
Examples
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- Have you been using me for a patsy? -
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You set it up for me to be the patsy and you to take the money and run!
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Otherwise, you end up being a patsy, and one thing I don't want to be is a patsy.
Fiction book (1990) -
Somebody's made a patsy outta me, and I'm gonna find out why.
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Or as Warren Buffett said, if you're sitting at the table playing poker and you don't know who the Patsy is, you're the Patsy.
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After the incident, he realized he had been the patsy for the entire operation.
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In the meeting, she discovered that her colleague was made a patsy for the mistakes of others.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked
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8.3
A person who is easily tricked or treated unfairly
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7.2
A person used by others to do what they want
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5.6
A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily tricked
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8.8
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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8.2
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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7.0
A person who is easily tricked into believing false things
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9.3
A person who is easily tricked or cheated
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8.9
A person used as a front to hide the real owners of something
A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily
A person who easily agrees and can be taken advantage of
How Easily Deceived
Surface Forms
Etymology
Patsy probably comes from the old nickname Pat or Patsy, a common name once used for an ordinary or easy person, and it was used in American English for someone people could take advantage of. That's why a patsy means someone who is 'easily deceived' or who is 'blamed' for something.