SCAPEGOATS

10 letters 15 Scrabble points

Definition of SCAPEGOATS

noun
  1. 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.

  2. Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.

    "He is making me a scapegoat."

Related words: fall guy patsy whipping boy
verb
  1. To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

  2. 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 S
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 15 points