(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you are criticizing them because they are used by someone else to do unpleasant or dishonest tasks.
He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government ~...
N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval
(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you are criticizing them because they are used by someone else to do unpleasant or dishonest tasks.
He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government ~...
N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012