Fall guy
Fall guy noun - A person or thing taking the blame for others.
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- Eventually, she convinces him that she's innocent—a conspiracy was going to use her as the fall guy for their plan.
Source: Deceased Fall-Guy Gambit -
Fall Guy: Ultimately, the plot boils down to a very elaborate scheme to set up a semi-innocent man to take the fall for a crime that has not yet been committed.
Source: Film / Following -
Fall Guy: During his route, Hanai relates to the protagonist how, prior to the events of the VN, he arrested a man for a series of murders only to become convinced that he was innocent and had been set up to take the fall for someone else.
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