scapegoat for

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Indicates the problem or failure for which someone is being blamed.

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Examples (10)

  • He has been made a scapegoat for the company's failures.
  • They are being made the scapegoats for all the ills of society.
  • She felt she was being used as a scapegoat for the team's poor performance.
  • The manager refused to be the scapegoat for the board's bad decisions.
  • Minority groups often become the scapegoat for economic problems.
  • Politicians sometimes look for a scapegoat for their own mistakes.
  • The goalkeeper became the scapegoat for the team's loss in the final.
  • It is unfair to make him the scapegoat for a systemic issue.
  • History shows that immigrants are frequently made the scapegoat for national crises.
  • Don't let yourself become a convenient scapegoat for someone else's incompetence.