scapegoat in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
scapegoat in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
scapegoat in Marathi मराठी
scapegoat in English
- scapegoat⇄noun 1. a person or thing made to bear the blame for the mistakes or sins of others.
Ex. He has been made the scapegoat for many of the sins ... of other individuals (Edward A. Freeman).
2. a goat on which the sins of the people were laid by - scapegoat⇄scapegoat, noun, verb.
- scapegoat⇄v.t. to make a scapegoat of.
Ex. This suggests that witches did not simply exist in nature in the form of demented women--but that the Inquisition created them by scapegoating innocent women (New York Times).