Example Sentences

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As Rhodes found out, however, it's not so easy to pawn your misdeeds off on patsies.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022

At times, the prosecution team has suggested that reporters can be patsies in that strategy.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

“We all know life’s just a joke,” he squawks, “but those patsies think it has meaning! They’ll never get the gag, not even when they’re hit by the punch line. Lay it on! Bigly!”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2019

But unless they start from the viewpoint that honourable members are almost certainly dishonourable weasels, they risk being seen as patsies.

From BBC • May 11, 2015

"But that assumption—a whole continent of patsies —simply didn't make sense."

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann