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лох (someone who is easily tricked or made to seem stupid Taras); крайний (VLZ_58); стрелочник (Всегда виноват стрелочник. The fall guy always gets the blame); простой исполнитель (обвиняемый в преступлении, на которого списывают вину • With Chapman, the CIA could have drawn on its long experience of using mind-controlling drugs and techniques such as hypnosis to produce assassins who would eliminate trouble-makers, and ‘patsies’, the fall guys on whom such killings could be blamed. (dailymail.co.uk) • "He didn't want to be the fall guy." "Exactly! Robert Pickton was a patsy. He didn't have the brains to plan the murders. He never even admitted to murdering anyone." (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
