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Meaning of 借刀杀人

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jiè dāo shā rén (Trad.: 借刀殺人)HSK 5
to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
The masses pressured Pilate into being their borrowed sword and used his power to execute Christ.
2
怀
I really don't know if it is a heartfelt appreciation or merely setting the motions for the great fallout.
3
53
Indeed, the backhanded way the government engineered the disbarment of the 53 rights-defending lawyers can be read as an admission that nothing they had engaged in was wrong.