See scapegoat on Wiktionary
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"text": "And Aarõ caſt lottes ouer the .ij. gootes: one lotte for the Lorde, ãd another for a ſcapegoote.",
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"text": "[…]; alluding herein unto the heart of man, and the precious bloud of our Saviour; who was typified indeed by the Goat that was ſlain, and the ſcape Goat in the wilderneſſe;",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obetný baránok"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grešni kozel"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chivo expiatorio"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "syndabock"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pɛ́-ráp-bàap",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"word": "แพะรับบาป"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pɛ́",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"word": "แพะ"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"word": "günah keçisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ofírnyj cap",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "офі́рний цап"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kozél vidpúščennja",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "козе́л відпу́щення"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"word": "con dê gánh tội"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a goat imbued with the sins of the people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bwch dihangol"
}
]
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"text": "He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!"
},
{
"ref": "1834, Thomas Babington Macaulay, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham:",
"text": "The new Secretary of State had been long sick of the perfidy and levity of the First Lord of the Treasury, and began to fear that he might be made a scapegoat to save the old intriguer who, imbecile as he seemed, never wanted dexterity where danger was to be avoided.",
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}
],
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[
"unfairly",
"unfairly"
],
[
"blame",
"blame"
],
[
"punish",
"punish"
],
[
"failure",
"failure"
]
],
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{
"word": "fall guy"
},
{
"word": "patsy"
},
{
"word": "whipping boy"
},
{
"word": "scapegoat"
}
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "sondebok"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kabš fidāʔ",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَبْش فِدَاء"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻavutʻyan noxaz",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "քավության նոխազ"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkupitelna žertva",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изкупителна жертва"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boc expiatori"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "víctima expiatòria"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tai³ sei² gwai²",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "替死鬼"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tìzuìyáng",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "替罪羊"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tìsǐguǐ",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "替死鬼"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàizuì gāoyáng",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "代罪羔羊"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obětní beránek"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "syndebuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zondebok"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "propeka kapro"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "propeka kaprino"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "patuoinas"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "peksupoiss"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "peksukott"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "must lammas"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "syndabukkur"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "syntipukki"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bouc émissaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chèvre émissaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ganṭevebis vaci",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "განტევების ვაცი"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sündenbock"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "Prügelknabe"
},
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apodiopompaíos trágos",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exilastírio thýma",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "εξιλαστήριο θύμα"
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"_dis1": "22 78",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apopompaîos trágos",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀποπομπαῖος τράγος"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sa'ír la'azazél",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שָׂעִיר לַעֲזָאזֵל"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bakrā",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "बकरा"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "bűnbak"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blóraböggull"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "kambing hitam"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceap milleáin"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "capro espiatorio"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capro emissario"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sukēpugōto",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "スケープゴート"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"alt": "みがわり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "migawari",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "身代わり"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"alt": "いけにえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ikenie",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "生贄"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"alt": "しょくざいのやぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shokuzai no yagi",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "贖罪の山羊"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grēkāzis"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "atpirkimo ožys"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žŕtven járec",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жр́твен ја́рец"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "baliyāṭŭ",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "ബലിയാട്"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "uaparenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "baḷīcā bakrā",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "बळीचा बकरा"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "syndebukk"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kozioł ofiarny"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bode expiatório"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"roman": "stréločnik",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стре́лочник"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́льчик для битья́"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "22 78",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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},
{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"roman": "pɛ́-ráp-bàap",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
"word": "แพะรับบาป"
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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{
"_dis1": "22 78",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "козе́л відпу́щення"
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"sense": "someone blamed for someone else's error(s)",
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"lang": "Welsh",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ kozlom otpuščenija",
"sense": "to blame or punish for the errors of others",
"word": "де́лать козлом отпущения"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scapegoat"
],
"word": "scapegoat"
}
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