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  1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › scapegoatMeaning of scapegoat in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done: The captain was made a scapegoat for the team's failure. Synonym. whipping boy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Blaming & accusing.

  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › scapegoatSCAPEGOAT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Scapegoat definition: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.. See examples of SCAPEGOAT used in a sentence.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › scapegoatScapegoat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SCAPEGOAT is a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur.

  4. www.definitions.net › definition › scapegoatWhat does scapegoat mean? - Definitions.net

    A scapegoat is a person or group unjustly blamed for something or made to bear the blame for the mistakes or faults of others. The term has its origins in ancient Jewish customs, where a goat was symbolically burdened with the sins of the people then driven into the wilderness in an act of atonement.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › scapegoatSCAPEGOAT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    SCAPEGOAT definition: someone who is blamed for a bad situation, although they have not caused it: . Learn more.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionscapegoat verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    /ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/ Verb Forms. scapegoat somebody/something to blame somebody/something for a failure or for something bad that another person has done. The community chose to ignore its own failings and to scapegoat her instead.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › scapegoatscapegoat | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    scapegoat meaning: someone who is blamed for a bad situation, although they have not caused it: . Learn more.