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
Apostolis	-	Greek
Tahnee	TAW-nee	English (Rare)
Babs	[bæbz]
Aleksei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Palmer	PAHL-mər, PAH-mər	English
Faina	fah-EE-nah	Russian