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   scapegoat

   /ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
   • 2. (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16).

   verb

   • 1. make a scapegoat of: "few things are harder for kids to bear than being scapegoated"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from archaic scape ‘escape’ + goat.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scapegoater noun
   • 2. scapegoating noun
   • 3. scapegoatism noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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