someone who is blamed and punished for the misfortune of others
A scape-goat is a person or object that is blamed for something that another person or object does.
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parents scapegoat the bad behavior of his child on music.
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The investigation didn't blame any of leaders but instead one employee was made a scape goat. Or ( if you want a simpler sentence) Apparently he was the scapegoat for her problems.
Lev 16:5,7,8,21,22,24,26 also a few other places.
They required a scapegoat, so their leader would not look foolish when something went wrong. He or she needed to stay smart, creative , and correct in people's eyes. -Ilyaman
because they caused a recession. much like the current democratic congress has done. the president is just an easy scape goat for any problems the country faces.
Anyone in whom, or anything in which, you put all your trust. An easy answer to all our problems. A scape-goat to all our failures (character faults). Gives hope to a hopeless situation, which we caused in the first place.
the economic problems and polotical differences between the European countries allowed the Germans to rebuild their army , the Nazi's to gain power and use "the others" as a scape goat for all their problems.
She was merely following the account in Exodus (making a modern version) when Moses and the Elders of Israel conducted a lottery to find a scape-goat to stone to death for their failure in battle.