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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who volunteers or is forced to take up a position at a likely military target as a means of forestalling an enemy attack.
  • noun A person who is used as a shield by someone in a confrontation with the police in order to prevent capture.

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