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Definition of: scapegoat

(skāp′gōt′) noun
1. The goat upon whose head Aaron symbolically laid the sins of the people on the day of atonement, after which it was led away into the wilderness. Lev. xvi.
2. Any animal or person on whom the bad luck or sins of an individual or group are symbolically placed, and which is then turned loose: a world-wide folk custom of great antiquity.
3. Any person bearing blame for others. [<SCAPE3 noun + GOAT]

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"scapegoat" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on city-data.com forum

"scapegoat" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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