stalking-horse

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stalking-horse

1. a horse or an imitation one used by a hunter to hide behind while stalking his quarry

2. a candidate put forward by one group to divide the opposition or mask the candidacy of another person for whom the stalking-horse would then withdraw

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Economic Integration
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Zyuganov, Gennady Andreyevich

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On July 14, Glenn approved a procedure to auction Borders' assets that made a group of liquidators, rather than Najafi's BB Brands, the so-called stalking-horse bidder.