The Only Use of
scapegoat
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Well, they've chosen their scapegoat, they've made me write the column of criticism and so life was made possible.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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.)