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Scapegoat

/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Scapegoat"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.

    "He is making me a scapegoat."

verb
  1. 1

    To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

  2. 2

    To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.

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