Scientific Radicals - Word of the Day - Cat's-Paw

cat's-paw

    \ KATS-paw \  , noun;  

    

a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.

 

Usage:   Perfect!  Jack approved Bob’s proposal for an audit of the Organic Chemistry division: it would make a useful distraction.  Bob became Jack’s unwitting cat’s-paw in the restructuring of the organization.