scapegoat
Example Sentences
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This attempted rebranding relied, as always, on scapegoats.
From Salon
The firestorm stoked by Rep. Khanna hasn’t only made a scapegoat of anybody who was personally associated with Epstein, however innocently.
Lesson: The volatility that comes with technological change sometimes requires a scapegoat.
Economic disadvantage is perhaps the most popular scapegoat.
Defence lawyer Jason Goss said prosecutors were trying to scapegoat Gonzales, 52, and make him "pay for the pain of that day".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
