scape|goat

scape|goat
scape|goat «SKAYP GOHT», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a person or thing made to bear the blame for the mistakes or sins of others: »

He has been made the scapegoat for many of the sins…of other individuals (Edward A. Freeman).

2. a goat on which the sins of the people were laid by the ancient Jewish high priests on the Day of Atonement. The goat was then driven into the wilderness (in the Bible, Leviticus 16:5-22).
–v.t.
to make a scapegoat of: »

This suggests that witches did not simply exist in nature in the form of demented women—but that the Inquisition created them by scapegoating innocent women (New York Times).

╂[< scape1, variant of escape + goat]

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