A person used as a cover for some questionable activity.

synonyms: figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man.

Polish: figurant

A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted.

synonym: straw man.

An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.

synonyms: bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man.

Dutch: vogelschrik, vogelverschrikker
Polish: strach na wróble