catspaw

• It was in her mind that a perfectly blameless past would be essential if a man was to be either a catspaw or an active agent in some nefarious business. —  Vanishing Point - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 24: 1953
• The only thing the series has done well so far is to provide lots of catgirl action for catgirl enthusiasts; heck, there's even a catspaw-shaped whistle to summon the army of catgirls and a Catgirl Ray Gun which not only turns young women into catgirls but apparently brainwashes them to be slavishly loyal servants of the Valhallan Royal Family in the process. —  Anime News Network
• Many suspected that the French Emperor used England as his catspaw, and saw that the English troops bore the brunt of all the terrible disasters which befell the invaders of the south of Russia. —  Heroes of Modern Europe
• Hard up with your helm, my man, and keep her dead away for the mouth of the river The faint blue line along the western horizon came creeping gradually down toward us, and presently a catspaw or two ruffled the glassy surface of the water for a moment and disappeared. —  The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
• From being the strongest, it became in time one of the weakest and least considered of European kingdoms; and from taking the lead in the politics and wars of Europe, it came to be a plaything of the neighboring nations,—a catspaw which they used for the advancement of their own ends It was in this way that Napoleon treated Spain. —  Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII

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