The Only Use
scapegoat
in
Fahrenheit 451
(Edited)
- You threw them off at the river. They can't admit it. ... So they're sniffing for a scapegoat to end things with a bang.
p. 141.6scapegoat = someone to blame or punish
Definitions:
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(1)
(scapegoat) someone blamed or punished for the errors of others(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.)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)