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scapegoat /skāpˈgōt/ noun- A goat on which, once a year, the Jewish high-priest symbolically laid the sins of the people, and which was then allowed to escape into the wilderness (Bible, Leviticus 16)
- Someone who is made to bear or take the blame for the failings, misfortunes or misdeeds of another
transitive verb To make into or treat as a scapegoat ORIGIN: escape and goat scapeˈgoating noun - The practice of making (someone) into or using someone as a scapegoat, esp involving harsh or violent treatment
- A psychological syndrome of this nature
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