patsy — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A person who is easily manipulated, victimized, or made to take the blame for something.

   الاستعمال

   • تحقيري
   • غير رسمي

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   And now it's quite obvious that instead of Mr Rumsfeld and Mr. Cheney listening attentively to Mr Blair's sage advice, they've simply been using him as a patsy—a convenient fig-leaf.

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

فعل

1. To treat (a person) as a patsy or sucker; to pin the blame on.

   الاستعمال

   • غير رسمي
   • متعدٍ

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   Patsying me! Where the hell does he come off? Who ever heard of him? He can patsy the leaders in those night club dives but he can't do that here and get away with it.

2. To mess around; to waste time.

   الاستعمال

   • غير رسمي
   • لازم

   أمثلة

   I was in no mood for patsying around, and I let him have it with both barrels.

اسم

1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

   مرادفات

   chumpfoolgullmarksuckersoft touchmug

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   victimdupe