English-German translation for "fall guy"

"fall guy" German translation

fall guy
noun | Substantiv s American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl

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Hereingefallene Dumme, leichte Beute Sündenbock
  • (der) Hereingefalleneor | oder od Dumme, leichte Beute
    fall guy tricked person
    fall guy tricked person
  • Sündenbockmasculine | Maskulinum m
    fall guy scapegoat figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    fall guy scapegoat figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • to makesomebody | jemand sb the fall guy forsomething | etwas sth
    jemanden zum Sündenbock fürsomething | etwas etwas machen
    to makesomebody | jemand sb the fall guy forsomething | etwas sth
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