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: one who plays a subordinate or compliant role to a principal
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stooged; stooging
: to act as a stooge
congressmen who stooge for the oil and mineral interests—
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Noun
a gangster and his stooges
He's just a stooge for the oil industry.
Recent Examples on the WebCharlie Campbell, TIME, 24 June 2024
Cream pie out of respect to many a great stooge who cruelly had the sweet treat shoved or thrown onto their face.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Everyone who doesn’t march in lock-step with the Western establishment’s dominant narrative is branded a traitor, a Kremlin stooge, or a threat to democracy.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2024
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Noun
The perception amongst Dhaka’s governing elite of Yunus as an American stooge wasn’t helped by Wikileaks cables detailing his frequent and candid meetings with top American diplomats to bemoan the sorry state of Bangladeshi politics.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 June 2024
Cream pie out of respect to many a great stooge who cruelly had the sweet treat shoved or thrown onto their face.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
Verb
President Salome Zourabichvili, who came to power with Georgian Dream’s endorsement in 2018, was initially dismissed by critics as a party stooge.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Everyone who doesn’t march in lock-step with the Western establishment’s dominant narrative is branded a traitor, a Kremlin stooge, or a threat to democracy.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2024
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“Stooge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stooge. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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