scapegoat in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

scapegoat in the PONS Dictionary

scapegoat Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a scapegoat for sb/sth
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He also felt he was made the scapegoat for the townhouse explosion.
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While some literature describes her as the author of much misfortune, other writings sympathize with her as a scapegoat.
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Times of troubles may be fatal medical problems for the one seeking a scapegoat when there is no cure.
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Gus is court-martialed as a scapegoat despite the fact that 100 airmen are its owners.
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Pope sought scapegoats to spread the blame for his defeat.
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Journalists have become the scapegoats of a society at odds with its elites.
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He wants a scapegoat and the men provided him with one.
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We may no longer make human sacrifices, but we create plenty of media scapegoats.
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Although some blamed him for the defeat, others believed he was being used as a scapegoat.
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Scapegoat trees do all of their rebalancing by rebuilding subtrees.
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