stalking-horse has definitions from the fields of zoology,politics
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[ noun ] screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

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screen

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[ noun ] something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

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pretext

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pretense putoff

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[ noun ] (politics) a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate

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campaigner

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[ noun ] (zoology) a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

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horse

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