noun🔗ShareIn 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."When the project failed, the intern became the scapegoat, even though the whole team was responsible. "ritualreligiontheologymythologyguiltChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomeone punished for the error or errors of someone else."He is making me a scapegoat."personguiltsocietycharacteractionmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of."The manager, trying to avoid blame for the project's failure, decided to scapegoat the intern by saying it was all her fault. "guiltactionsocietymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim."The school administration scapegoated the new student for the recent vandalism, even though there was no proof that he was involved. "politicssocietyguiltattitudemoralgovernmenthistorycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
