foolnoun

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cheating & tricking
anti-fraud
bad faith
bamboozle
bilk
blackmail
deceive
diddle
feint
flannel
funny business
game-fixing
grift
grifter
gull
gyp
prankster
pretext
pretextual
pull
pull a fast oneidiom

patsy | American Dictionary

patsy
noun[ C ]
 slangus/ˈpæt·si/
a person who is easily cheated or made to suffer:
He claimed he was a patsy being framed by the police.