Stooges are people who are used by others to do things that are not always honest or fair.
Stooges are usually seen as not very smart or as victims of someone else's bad actions.
Examples:
The bad man used his stooges to steal the money.
The stooges didn't know they were being tricked.
The stooges helped the bad man do bad things.
The stooges thought they were helping, but they were really being used.
The stooges were always getting into trouble because they didn't know any better.
The stooges were like puppets in the bad man's hands.