scapegoat
Example Sentences
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I feel sorry for Nancy as he should never been appointed in the first place, but he'll be used as the scapegoat.
From BBC
The irony, which Mr. Crow misses, is that Marat, with his lists of enemies and scapegoats and his lust for punishment, was the ancestor of the modern totalitarians.
The Egyptian did not disguise his belief he had been made a scapegoat, provoking divisive debate when Slot and Liverpool needed unity and calm – but was his claim justified?
From BBC
Professor emeritus Brian Levin, founding director at the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said “socially scapegoated groups” bear the brunt of violent hate crimes.
From Los Angeles Times
Perhaps because Mr. Kennedy and vaccine opponents have made vaccines an autism scapegoat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
