plaything

[ pley-thing ]

/ ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ /

a thing to play with; toy.

a person who is used capriciously and selfishly by another.

Origin of plaything

First recorded in 1665–75; play + thing¹

In the end, he seems as much the plaything of circumstances as any of the hapless victims of the despised 47%.

Why is David Siegel so Mad? |David Frum |October 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
You have the Northern conscience—so have I; that is why I rebel at being merely the plaything of a careless public.

The Light of the Star |Hamlin Garland
There is no radio or television, the motor car is no more than a plaything for the rich.

Tartarin de Tarascon |Alphonse Daudet
The outer world appeared to him rather as a discordant chaos, the mere sport and plaything of the gods.

Bygone Beliefs |H. Stanley Redgrove

It was a diminutive machine, blue steel and mother of pearl, more like a plaything than a pistol.

The President |Alfred Henry Lewis
Jemima entreated permission to convey to them a drum, as she thought it would be a plaything they would much enjoy.

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago |E. V. Lucas

plaything

/ (ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ) /

a toy

a person regarded or treated as a toy he thinks she is just his plaything