a fall guy

(mainly American informal)

someone who is blamed for another person's mistake or crime The book claims Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill President Kennedy - he was just the fall guy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tiw	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Conchita	kon-CHEE-tah	Spanish
Celino	che-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Shikoba	-	Native American, Choctaw
Karan	['kærən]
Marcin	MAHR-cheen	Polish