Both Uses of
scapegoat
in
Atlas Shrugged
- If he held the train, they would make him the scapegoat to appease the anger of Mr. Chalmers; if he sent the train through and it did not reach the western portal of the tunnel, they would put the blame on his incompetence; they would claim that he had acted against their orders, in either case.†
Chpt 2.7
- Then they just made him the scapegoat, didn't they?†
Chpt 3.4 *
Definition:
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(scapegoat) someone blamed or punished for the errors of otherseditor's notes: (editor's note: This expression comes from an ancient Jewish ritual in which the sins of the people were ritually transferred to a goat which was then driven into the desert away from the community.)