Synonyms for scapegoat
ˈskeɪpˌgoʊtscape·goat

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1. scapegoatnoun

   To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.

   He is making me a scapegoat.

   Synonyms:
   fall guy, patsy, whipping boy

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1. scapegoat, whipping boynoun

   someone who is punished for the errors of others

   Synonyms:
   whipping boy

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1. List of paraphrases for "scapegoat":

   scapegoating, patsy, emissary, outfall

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1. Bridget Anne Kelly:

   I will not allow Bridget Anne Kelly to be the scapegoat in this case, and I look very much forward to the appeal.

2. Masood Solangi:

   The doctor has been made into a scapegoat for the larger crisis in the region, my opinion is that the work he has done has been done according to law. The case against him can not be proved.

3. Reginald Ellis:

   It’s important that that’s taught. But what I think is not good is to scapegoat students based on skin color. what I find, even at a historically Black college, the vast majority of students have not really been exposed to much African American history and experience.

4. Mike Lynch:

   After three years of (HP CEO) Meg Whitman's stonewalling, is this it?, hP's claim is finally laid bare for what it is -- a desperate search for a scapegoat for its own errors and incompetence.

5. Rusty Hardin:

   They looked bad in the earlier things with Ray Rice, They handled things badly publicly and now they just decided to make Adrian the scapegoat for all their past failings.