A contractor, employee or provider who is engaged by a party simply so that party can point at them at a later juncture should anything go wrong. Often performed by large corporations or government bodies where the permanent staff need to pass the buck in order to retain their comfy positions.

n. The birth name of somebody who has changed their name. Most commonly attributed to trans people, but can be attributed to any person who has changed their name. (sometimes written as two words: dead name)

v. 1. To call somebody by their deadname.
v. 2. To out somebody's deadname to the public.

(v.)
1. To immediately blame the nearest, most blamable thing for something/a situation when the real thing to blame is yourself.

This is most common with parents and leaders/people in places of power in establishments/companies, sometimes in governments.