If you describe someone as a patsy, you mean that they are rather stupid and are easily tricked by other people, or can be made to take the blame for other people's actions.
[US, informal, disapproval]
Davis was nobody's patsy.
He has long felt that Ray was set up, that he was a patsy.
patsy in British English
(ˈpætsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-sies slang, mainly US and Canadian
1.
a person who is easily cheated, victimized, etc
2.
a scapegoat
Word origin
C20: of unknown origin
patsy in American English
(ˈpætsi)
nounWord forms: pluralˈpatsies
US, Slang
a person easily imposed upon or victimized
Word origin
prob. altered (after Patsy, nickname for Patrick1) < It pazzo, crazy
Examples of 'patsy' in a sentence
patsy
He says it were a set-up, that Kev was played for a patsy... Kev got money... `
Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE (1995)
As I'm sure you already know, we were going to use Ruiz as the patsy.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (1995)
You were playing me for a patsy, seeing how much I would tell you.
Anderson, Kevin J. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO (1995)