Scapegoat

Word SCAPEGOAT
Character 9
Hyphenation scape goat
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Scapegoat"

What do we mean by scapegoat?

One that is made to bear the blame of others. noun

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. noun

To make a scapegoat of. transitive verb

In the ancient Jewish ritual, a goat on which the chief priest, on the day of atonement, symbolically laid the sins of the people. The goat was then driven into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. noun

One who is made to bear the blame of the misdeeds of others. noun

A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. noun

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

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed. noun

Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else. noun

To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of. verb

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

Someone who is punished for the errors of others noun

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.

(n.) A scapegoat is an event person or object that is used to lay the blame on for all that goes wrong, regardless of the contributions of others. This will usually carry on until the scapegoat has gone, or has managed to successfully defend itself against the arguements presented to it. The word comes from Judaism. During mass reconciliation the rabbi would bring a goat to the alter. The sins of the people would be absorbed into the goat, and it would then be killed, its' blood staining the alter until cleansed. This is what Jesus Christ reflected in his crucifixion, being a scapegoat. (v.) to make the scapegoat Urban Dictionary

The second tab you have open while watching porn in case somebody walks in on you. Urban Dictionary

Contrary to popular belief, this is actually a goat who is trained in the art of escapology. Urban Dictionary

Scapegoat is when: The Repubilcans can't fix a problem and blame it on non-christians (Iraq) When parents are too lazy to raise their kids and blame videogames, rap music, etc. to hide the fact that they have poor parenting skills Urban Dictionary

Scapegoat came from ancient times when the people of the village would imprint their "sins" on a hapless goat and run it off a cliff; hence, the term came to mean blaming someone for other's faults. A martyr can be considered the scapegoat of the group he/she died for Urban Dictionary

One of Louis' false accounts. Urban Dictionary

Someone with that absorbs the negative image others don't want for themselves, as most people want to make themselves look good at any cost to others. Urban Dictionary

The fall guy for the real criminals. Urban Dictionary

The one that takes the fall for something negative while the others escape. Urban Dictionary

A person who blames others for their own wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults. Urban Dictionary

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The word "scapegoat" in example sentences

One of our friends, Gwinya, told us that the term scapegoat derives from an ancient ritual in one traditional community. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He begins with William Tyndale, whose English-language translation of the bible published in 1530 contained the first use of the term "scapegoat" and who then became a scapegoat himself when he was described by Thomas More as a "hell-hound" and blamed for the Peasants' War in Germany. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Holian also brought a goat and explained to the students where the term scapegoat originated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Campbell traces the word "scapegoat" to William Tyndale's 1530 English-language translation of the Bible. ❋ Dave Shiflett (2012)

Besides the goat offered for the people the blood of which was sprinkled before the mercy seat, the high priest led forth a second goat, namely, the scapegoat; over it he confessed the people's sins, putting them on the head of the goat, which was sent as the sin-bearer into the wilderness out of sight, implying that the atonement effected by the goat sin offering (of which the ceremony of the scapegoat is a part, and not distinct from the sin offering) consisted in the transfer of the people's sins on the goat, and their consequent removal out of sight. ❋ Unknown (1871)

I suspect we will be hearing about the Eeeeevil Booooooooooooooooosh Admin for some time to come, i.e. whenever a handy scapegoat is needed for the failures of Teh Mess - I - Yah. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Palm just wants to do it the easy way, and have a built-in scapegoat when it breaks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every Democrats favorite 2000 election scapegoat is running for president. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She†™ s borderline retarded their using her as a scapegoat is insane! ❋ Unknown (2005)

MCLAUGHLIN: Well, I don't think he uses the word scapegoat but certainly a lot of anger comes through in some of the comments that you have heard on television. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And, by the way, that's the basic tool dictators use to seize power: "I'm the only one who can save our country from the onslaught of the (fill in scapegoat of choice here)." ❋ Unknown (2003)

Their other major villain and scapegoat is the banks. ❋ Unknown (1993)

It was half an hour before he became articulate, during which time he sighed as if the end of all things had come, and I caught the word scapegoat twice, but at last he told me that he had resigned his eldership, and would absent himself in future from the Free ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

But to use the word scapegoat, I don't understand that because scapegoat to me means that that's who you put it on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

October 14, 2008 In the great search for somebody to blame for the nation’s economic meltdown, an easy scapegoat is emerging. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It seems they’re more in scapegoat mode at the moment. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will not be made a [scapegoat]. To be a scapegoat is to [take heat]. [Scapegoat] was often burned, but sometimes the poor stole it and [ate it]. ❋ Kung-Fu Jesus (2004)

[Oh cool], is that Reddit/[TIFU], [what are you looking at]? I don't know, this is just my scapegoat. ❋ DaddyFliffus (2016)

Man, I tried [locking] my friends [goat in a box] but it [turns out] it was a scapegoat ❋ Joe Corkill (2007)

Episode of Family: When people are protesting, Adam West uses his Political Diversions List. It reads: Outlaw [Flag Burning], Use [Escape Pod], Scapegoat the Jews, Suicide, Scapegoat the Blacks, Scapegoat the French, Scapegoat the Jews again (Call them New Yorkers), start a war, and [Jingle Keys]. He chooses "Jingle Keys ❋ Da Master K (2006)

Many people beleve [Hitler] made [the Jews],[the ultimate] scapegoats. ❋ Lionwoman (2016)

[Made] to [piss] of people off. Also [an idiot]. ❋ Bobby (2004)

None of them wanted to become [scapegoat], so they made him one to [defer] [suspicion] from themselves. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)

The [scapegoat] wasn't always going to be around to go to jail [for the real] criminals. It doesn't have to be [25 to life] for it to still cost somebody time they could be doing something else. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)

[The others] ended up looking like [innocent bystanders] in comparison to the [scapegoat]. ❋ Solid Mantis (2021)

John: It's the banks fault I went [bankrupt]. They gave me all those [loans]. Peter: Stop blaming others for your mistakes. You're exhibiting [scapegoater] like behaviours. ❋ FastWolf (2022)

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