| NOUN | person | stalking-horse | a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | stalking-horse, pretext | something serving to conceal plans | |
| artifact | stalking-horse | screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | |
| animal | stalking-horse | a horse behind which a hunter hides / hides while stalking game |
| Meaning | A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | campaigner, candidate, nominee | A politician who is running for public office |
| Spanish | ardid, treta | |
| Meaning | Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. | |
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| Synonym | pretext | |
| Narrower | putoff | A pretext for delay or inaction |
| Broader | pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
| Spanish | achaque, asidero, cubierta, pretexto | |
| Catalan | agafador, agafall, cobertora, pretext | |
| Meaning | screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | screen, cover, covert, concealment | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
| Meaning | A horse behind which a hunter hides / hides while stalking game. | |
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| Broader | horse, Equus caballus | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
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