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patsy
pat·sy P0118100 (păt′sē)n. pl. pat·sies Slang A person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, or ridiculed.
[Perhaps from Italian pazzo, fool, from Old Italian paccio.]patsy (ˈpætsɪ) n, pl -sies1. a person who is easily cheated, victimized, etc2. a scapegoat[C20: of unknown origin]pat•sy (ˈpæt si)
n., pl. -sies. Slang. 1. a person who is easily swindled or manipulated. 2. scapegoat. [1900–05, Amer.; orig. uncertain] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  patsy - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage ofchump, fall guy, gull, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, markdupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled |
patsynoun1. Slang. A person who is easily deceived or victimized:butt, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim.Informal: sucker.Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, pigeon, sap.Chiefly British: mug.2. Slang. One who is made an object of blame:goat, scapegoat, whipping boy.Slang: fall guy.Translations
patsy
patsySomeone who is an easy target to be scammed, cheated, or otherwise victimized. You need to be careful when people call up claiming to work for your bank. More often than not, they're just fishing for patsies. The CEO had been illegally siphoning funds for years, and he manipulated the paper trail so that his assistant was left as a patsy for the crime.patsy (ˈpætsi) n. a victim of a scam. (see also dupe.) That guy over there looks like a perfect patsy. PATSY
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patsy
Synonyms for patsynoun a person who is easily deceived or victimizedSynonyms- butt
- dupe
- fool
- gull
- lamb
- pushover
- victim
- sucker
- fall guy
- gudgeon
- mark
- monkey
- pigeon
- sap
- mug
noun one who is made an object of blameSynonyms- goat
- scapegoat
- whipping boy
- fall guy
Synonyms for patsynoun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage ofSynonyms- chump
- fall guy
- gull
- soft touch
- sucker
- mug
- fool
- mark
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