| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt3, dupe, fool, gull, lamb, pushover. Informal : sucker. Slang : fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap1. Chiefly British : mug. See WISE. 2. One or more living creatures slain and offered to a deity as part of a religious rite: hecatomb, immolation, offering, sacrifice. See RELIGION. 3. One that is made to suffer injury, loss, or death: casualty, prey. See HELP.
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