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scapegoat noun

  /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/ , /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/
  • In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
 bouc émissaire
  • Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
 bouc émissaire, chèvre émissaire

scapegoat verb

  /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/ , /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/
  • (transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
 bouc-émissariser
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