/pɔːn/ – Noun
Definition: vật cầm cốp hoặc tài sản đặt cược để đảm bảo việc thực hiện một cam kết hoặc trả nợ.
A more thorough explanation: 1. a person, group, institution, country or other thing that is being used by someone or something more powerful for its own purposes
2. an object left as security for money lent
Example: 1. Mr Chavez has long accused the Organisation of American States of being a US pawn.
2. They are not the sort of thing you would normally see in a pawn shop.