enabler vs pawn

enabler

noun
  • One who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way. 

  • One who or that which helps something to happen. 

  • One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by their behaviour. 

pawn

noun
  • Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. 

  • A gallery. 

  • An instance of pawning something. 

  • A pawnshop; pawnbroker. 

  • The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. 

  • The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant. 

verb
  • To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. 

  • To pledge; to stake or wager. 

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