Lap dog
Puppet
Puppet noun - One that is or can be used to further the purposes of another.
Usage example: accused the newspaper editor of being a puppet for the moneyed people of the town
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Puppet and Lap dog. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lap_dog/puppet
Lap dog & Puppet. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lap_dog/puppet>.
Puppet or Lap dog. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lap_dog/puppet.
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