Sentence examples for as a patsy for from inspiring English sources
This week Salman Rushdie described him as a "patsy" for the Chinese government.
But Bernstein's insider experience will also prove his weakness if he is perceived as a patsy for Premier League representatives on the FA main board.
Dadayev's reported confession has raised fears that he will serve as a patsy for more influential people that could have ordered the hit on Nemtsov.
In a televised debate on Monday, Gardner portrayed Udall as a patsy for Obama, saying that he had voted with the President ninety-nine per cent of the time.
An article by Mishra in the Guardian this weekend responded to Rushdie's condemnation of Mo Yan as a "patsy" for declining to sign a petition calling for the release of the imprisoned Chinese Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.
Home Depot, which wanted and got some concessions from the city, wound up hiring the Nagin family firm as an exclusive countertop installer for several stores.Mr Nagin portrayed himself as a patsy for witnesses who agreed to testify against him in exchange for the promise of leniency.
Today, purveyors of conventional wisdom remember Mr. Dinkins as weak on crime and a patsy for divisive ideologues.
Barbara Boxer, a senator from California, was one of many leading Clinton supporters who resented being accused of being a patsy for the establishment by a colleague who came over as distant from the struggle of many minority voters.
This intelligent and accomplished woman was a patsy for fakers and pushers.
Thing One: Scapegoat Snagged: It appears we may have at long last found a patsy for the financial crisis.
