Both Uses of
scapegoat
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Strength in What Remains
- But they remained potential scapegoats, available when needed.†
Chpt 2.13
- The Rwandan genocide was a carefully planned case of scapegoating, launched by a government of the majority against a powerless minority.†
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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.)