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"Scapegoat" Definition

noun

Bible A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
One that is made to bear the blame of others.
A goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur.
One that bears the blame for others.
One that is the object of irrational hostility.

verb-transitive

To make a scapegoat of.

verb

To make a scapegoat of.

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