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"ref": "2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50",
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"A scapegoat."
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"(informal) A scapegoat."
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"roman": "izkupitelna žertva",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
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"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "bűnbak"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jok jerden künöölüü",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "жок жерден күнөөлүү"
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"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
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"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
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"word": "pagano"
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"text": "Clemons's supporters have over the years given a different rendition of events. In the racially heated atmosphere of St Louis in the early 1990s, they say, Clemons was made the fall guy. Of the four men who were charged with the murders, the three black men were all put on death row while the one white man is now free on parole.",
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"sense": "one who is easily duped",
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],
"word": "наивник"
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"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "poire"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"word": "balek"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"word": "palimadár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"word": "könnyű préda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostofilja",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "простофиля"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
"word": "saf"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who is easily duped",
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"word": "keriz"
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"sense": "one who is easily duped",
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"word": "saftirik"
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"roman": "izkupitelna žertva",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"tags": [
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"word": "изкупителна жертва"
},
{
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"sense": "a scapegoat",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "lampiste"
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"sense": "a scapegoat",
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"word": "pigeon"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "bűnbak"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jok jerden künöölüü",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "жок жерден күнөөлүү"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "pagano"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "şamar oğlanı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a scapegoat",
"word": "günah keçisi"
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"word": "fall guy"
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