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"was the tool of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing something that was used to achieve an outcome. For example: "His ambition was the tool of his success."
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Jack was the tool of a masonic cabal.
The boat was the tool of all these contacts".
"And that was bad," Jacobi says, "yet he was the tool of a much broader sweep of wickedness.
He also believes (or wants us to believe that he believes) that Hill was the tool of an elaborate conspiracy.
Some suggested that the IRS was the tool of a dictatorship bent on destroying America's democracy.
The hammer and chisel were the tools of the carpenter's trade; the guitar was the tool of his.
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It's the tool of a new culture of communication.
"This is the tool of the prostitute," he said.
Dividends are the tool of choice to woo investors.
Has Wendy let herself be the tool of some conspiracy?
Say it's the tool of the devil," a voice intones.
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