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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
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
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
"He is making me a scapegoat."
verb
- 1
To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
- 2
To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
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