Thesaurus results for SCAPEGOAT

scapegoat

noun

ˈskāp-ˌgōt

as in victim

a person or thing taking the blame for others companies often use the economy as a scapegoat to avoid taking responsibility for dropping sales

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Recent Examples of scapegoat The newcomers make convenient scapegoats for Egyptians’ hardships, rights groups say. —

Vivian Yee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Daniel Jones is being used as this year’s scapegoat. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025 The other side: Responding to the analysis, a RealPage spokesperson told Axios that the company is being made a scapegoat for broader housing policy failures. —

Kyle Stokes, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 Schools have become scapegoats for both good and bad reasons. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scapegoat

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Noun

One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.

— Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.

— Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025