SCAPEGOATS
- SCAPEGOAT [v]
- SCAPEGOAT, to make a scapegoat of [v]
- (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)
- A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, esp. for reasons of expediency