scapegoat definition by Wordo

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

.

Verb

To

unfairly

blame

or

punish

someone

for

some

failure

;

to

make

a

scapegoat

of

.