stooge

One of the smart tweaks Bong has made to Ashton’s book is devolving the character from an everyman into a passive stooge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

However, defence barrister Charles Sherrard KC alleged Mr Richards had not seen any headbutt and had instead made the claim because he was "Roy's mate" and "puppy", adding: "You have become Roy Keane's stooge."

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

So, what’s a stooge like me to do?

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2024

Then again, Myn has a reason for stonewalling Hera – he's an Imperial stooge wearing the cloak of a businessman.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023

But the information revealed that Cochran was no stooge for Leon.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Take, for instance, the three stooges of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Albeit his stooges would not be the three of yesteryear’s Hollywood, Larry, Moe and Shemp.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

The militias were on the defensive for the first time in years, with some demonstrators deriding them as Iranian stooges.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020

The real fun of “Office Christmas Party” is the utter bacchanalia in which these corporate stooges engage while believing their work world is going to end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2016

The student body watched with glee as Leon’s stooges tried to scotch-tape the posters to the wall at the rear of the stage.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Back in the U.S., he stooged for other entertainers, even held fans for Sally Rand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anything else is just "stooging," which is flyers' slang for pooping around.

From Time Magazine Archive

Georgia drifted into a period of stooging for most of the top funny men: Hope, Durante, Frank Morgan, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye.

From Time Magazine Archive