Word: strawmen
The third party who makes a straw purchase for another person.
A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively. Example: a tentative straw-man spec
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