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Scapegoat
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Scapegoat
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1.
a person made to bear the blame for others
2. Old Testament
a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed
verb
3. (transitive)
to make a scapegoat of
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Scapegoat
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1.
a goat over the head of which the high priest of the ancient Jews confessed the sins of the people on the Day of Atonement, after which it was allowed to escape: Lev. 16:7-26
2.
a person, group, or thing upon whom the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others is thrust
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3.
to make a scapegoat of
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Scapegoat
see synonyms of scapegoatn.
1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.
2. Bible A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
tr.v. scape·goat·ed, scape·goat·ing, scape·goats
To make a scapegoat of.
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