Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

A fall guy is the person who someone decides will be the loser or victim.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

"What protects the lady is when the FBI does their background check, and if this guy's got a criminal record he's not going to be allowed to bring a lady here."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

"One of the farmers we've been working with from the very beginning is a guy named Rusty Lee."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"He feels that he is not a kind of guy who is confrontational.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"For every opinion there is a counter-opinion. Someone says 'oh,he was a blowhard;' someone else says 'he was a charming,sweet guy.' I think the truth is in between;

VOA: standard.2009.12.17