Sentence examples similar to be made a patsy for from inspiring English sources

"There is huge fury among ordinary people, who sense that the taxpayer is being made the patsy for what went wrong," said Richard Bruton, finance spokesman for Fine Gael, the main opposition party.

Advocates for FTTs tout suppression of trading as an added benefit at a time in which algorithm-driven computers are making patsies out of ordinary investors by flipping stocks in split-second intervals based on inside information.

It's what a voice like hers - tough but torch-song, an off-kilter Patsy Cline with attitude - was made for.

How demeaning of our country, to be reduced to a patsy for a racist demagogue.

But many environmentalists suggest that Mr. Reilly runs the risk of seeming to be a patsy for Mr. Sununu if he mistakes access for influence.

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.

This intelligent and accomplished woman was a patsy for fakers and pushers.

Goodness is more than being a patsy.

"This country can't be a patsy to a foreign competitor," Senator Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, said.

Mr. Donahue isn't a patsy through all this, however.

He also expressed sympathy for DS Davidson, and was concerned that police were trying to "make him a patsy".