scapegoat -
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
scapegoat -
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
Verb
scapegoat -
To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
scapegoat -
To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
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scapegoat Someone who is punished for the errors of others.
scapegoat To punish someone for the errors of someone else.
