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Scapegoat

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Noun

a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
Chiefly Biblical . a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16
8,10,26.

Verb (used with object)

to make a scapegoat of
Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.

Synonyms

noun
another’s action boob , chump , doormat , dupe , easy mark * , fall guy * , fool , goat * , gull * , mark * , patsy , pigeon * , pushover * , sacrifice , sap * , schmuck , sitting duck * , stooge , sucker , victim , weakling , goat , whipping boy , butt , fall guy

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