strawman

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strawman - a person used as a cover for some questionable activityfigurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, frontbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	2.	strawman - a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refutedstraw manspecious argument - an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious
	3.	strawman - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seedsbird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw maneffigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"