patsy — 英語辞典

名詞

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

   用法

   • 蔑称
   • くだけた表現

   例文

   その他の例文 (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.

動詞

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

   用法

   • くだけた表現
   • 他動詞

   例文

   その他の例文 (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.

   用法

   • くだけた表現
   • 自動詞

   例文

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

名詞

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

   同義語

   chumpfoolgullmarksuckersoft touchmug

   上位語

   victimdupe