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pawn

noun as in security for a loan

noun as in person who is a fool

verb as in give as security for a loan

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Ukraine isn’t just some disposable pawn, in a game where you ditch one piece to grab a shinier one.

From Salon

That was before his "pawn shop" comment, when he also lamented the "lack of innovation" in the country's banks.

From BBC

He added: "These are for her to use as a pawn to implement this government's deeply unpopular socialist agenda."

From BBC

The 44-year-old used to live in Old Town Pasadena, above the Crown City pawn shop.

"Racism in politics and being used in politics as pawns is part of that process."

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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