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Main Entry:	victim
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon
Synonyms:	butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon, sitting target, sufferer
Antonyms:	criminal, culprit

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Main Entry:	dupe
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who is fooled
Synonyms:	butt, chump, easy mark, fish, fool, mark, patsy, pushover, sap, sitting duck, sucker, victim, pigeon
Antonyms:	cognizant

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Main Entry:	fall guy
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	easy victim
Synonyms:	boob, chopping block, chump, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, mark, patsy, sacrifice, sap, scapegoat, schlemiel, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, whipping boy, can-carrier, easy touch, lamb to the slaughter, pigeon, prize sap, schmuck, trusting soul

Main Entry:	fool
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid or ridiculous person
Synonyms:	ass, blockhead, bonehead, boob, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin, dimwit, dolt, dope, dunce, easy mark, fair game, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk, lightweight, moron, nerd, nincompoop, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, victim, birdbrain, dumb ox, dunderhead, fathead, goose, halfwit, lamebrain*, loon, ninny, turkey, twerp, twit
Antonyms:	brain

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Main Entry:	guinea pig
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	experimental subject
Synonyms:	subject, victim, Cavia porcellus, cavy, examinee, experimental animal, experimental subject, lab animal, lab rat, laboratory animal, rodent, test animal, test subject, testee

Main Entry:	hostage
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person held captive until captor's demand is met
Synonyms:	captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim, sacrificial lamb
Antonyms:	captor

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Main Entry:	laughing stock
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	object of ridicule
Synonyms:	butt, dupe, fair game, fall guy, fool, goat, joke, laughingstock, stooge, target, victim, Aunt Sally

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Main Entry:	patient
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person being treated for medical problem
Synonyms:	case, convalescent, emergency, inmate, invalid, subject, victim, outpatient, shut-in, sick person, sufferer
Antonyms:	doctor

Main Entry:	patsy
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fall guy
Synonyms:	boob, chump, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, gull, pushover, sap, scapegoat, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling, doormat, pigeon, schmuck

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Main Entry:	prey
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	target of attack
Synonyms:	casualty, dupe, game, kill, loot, mark, martyr, mug, pillage, quarry, quest, spoil, underdog, victim, chased, raven, sufferer
Antonyms:	attacker

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Main Entry:	puppet
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person or toy manipulated by another
Synonyms:	creature, doll, dupe, figurehead, instrument, jerk, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool, victim, figurine
Notes:	the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires

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Main Entry:	pushover
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something or someone easily influenced
Synonyms:	breeze, child's play, chump, cinch, duck soup, easy game, easy mark, easy pickings, fool, kid stuff, picnic, piece of cake, setup, snap, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, walkover

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Main Entry:	quarry
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	goal
Synonyms:	aim, chase, game, objective, prey, prize, quest, victim, ravin

Main Entry:	scapegoat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who takes blame for
Synonyms:	another's action boob, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, gull, mark, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sacrifice, sap, schmuck, sitting duck*, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling

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Main Entry:	slave
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who serves, often under duress
Synonyms:	captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, bondservant, skivvy, workhorse
Antonyms:	master

Main Entry:	stooge
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	dupe
Synonyms:	chump, easy mark, fall guy, flunky, fool, lackey, patsy, pawn, puppet, pushover, sap, sucker, victim, pigeon

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Main Entry:	whipping boy
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fall guy
Synonyms:	chopping block, dupe, fall guy, goat, goat, mark, patsy, patsy, sacrifice, scapegoat, sucker, target, victim

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Main Entry:	babe in the woods
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	dupable person
Synonyms:	dupe, easy mark, greenhorn, gull, innocent, stooge, sucker, victim, gullible person, simple soul, trusting soul

Main Entry:	pawn
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who is a fool
Synonyms:	creature, dupe, instrument, mark, patsy, puppet, stooge, sucker, tool, toy, victim, pigeon*

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Main Entry:	target
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person as object of ridicule
Synonyms:	butt, byword, game, mark, prey, quarry, scapegoat, scorn, sitting duck, sport, victim, pigeon*

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