SCAPEGOATED

Verb

scapegoated

simple past tense and past participle of scapegoat

Source: Wiktionary


SCAPEGOAT

Scape"goat`, n. Etym: [Scape (for escape) + goat.]

1. (Jewish Antiq.)

Definition: A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10.

2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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