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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "syntipukki"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "uhri"
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"word": "פראייר"
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "balek"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "palimadár"
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "blóraböggull"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capro espiatorio"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cornuto m pollo"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"tags": [
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"word": "fesso"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
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"word": "zimbello"
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"roman": "prostofilja",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "žrtva"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "ovca"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "žrtveni jarac"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a person who is taken advantage of",
"word": "cabeza de turco"
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"word": "patsy"
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