Betydelse av fall guy på svenska

• 0 a person who is falsely blamed for something that has gone wrong, or for a crime that they have not committed:

  • The governor was looking for a fall guy to take the blame for the corruption scandal.

• 1 a person who is blamed for something bad when others who were also responsible are not blamed:

  • The cops made him the fall guy, even after they knew he was innocent.

• 2 someone who other people blame for something bad that happens, even though he or she was not the only person responsible for it:

  • Inevitably, one of the junior executives was picked to be the fall guy.