primo2

primo2: ² = dupe, patsy.

Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

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primo — [ primo ] adv. • 1322; mot lat. ♦ D abord, en premier lieu. ⇒ premièrement. Ils veulent persuader « primo qu ils ont beaucoup d argent, secundo qu ils jouissent de la plus haute considération, tertio qu ils ont beaucoup d esprit » (Stendhal). ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
primo — PRÍMO adv. (livr. şi fam.) În primul rând, mai întâi. – Din it., fr. primo. Trimis de ana zecheru, 14.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 prímo adv. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic PRÍMO … Dicționar Român
primo — primo1 [prē′mō] adv. [L < primus, first: see PRIME] to begin with; first of all primo2 [prē′mō; ] It [ prē′mō̂] n. [It, first < L primus: see PRIME] Music the principal part, as in a duet adj. 1 … English World dictionary

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