- noun
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- person who is blamed or punished for the wrongdoing of sb else [Barron]
More word meanings for scapegoat
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- Wiktionary:
- scapegoat @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- scapegoat @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- scapegoat @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- scapegoat @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- scapegoat @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- scapegoat @ Answers.com
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