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Word | Scapegoat |
someone punished for the errors of others / A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. / Someone who bears the blame for others / a person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done, | |
Usage | ⇒ She became the scapegoat for her friends doing ⇒ Audrey used her innocent baby brother as a scapegoat for the missing cookies. ⇒ After the Challenger disaster, NASA searched for scapegoats on whom they could cast the blame,. ⇒ The CEO was made the scapegoat for the company's failures. |
Synonyms | victim, whipping boy, dupe, fall guy, patsy, sucker, fool, goat, dummy, sacrifice, burnt offering, easy mark, front, gull, immolation, man of straw, mark, target, peace offering, sap, |
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