SCAPEGOAT
9 letters
14 Scrabble points
Definition of SCAPEGOAT
noun
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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.
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Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
"He is making me a scapegoat."
verb
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To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
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To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
S
C
A
P
E
G
O
A
T
Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
14 points