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单词 fall guy
释义 fall guy
noun
1. : one who assumes or on whom is placed the blame or responsibility : one who takes the rap : scapegoat
 < public officials use the correctional institution as a fall guy for their own apathy, inertia, and ignorance — C.W.Leonard >
 < becoming the fall guy for the ring which operated the houses of prostitution in that district — R.M.Lindner >
2. : one that is made the victim of a swindle or deception : one that is easily gulled or victimized
 < his friends were laughing at him … had he been marked early for a fall guy — Irving Stone >
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