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(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

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scapegoat

Source Word

scapegoat

IPA(Pronunciation)

intransitive transitive

(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

Japanese Meaning

無実の者に不当な非難や罰を与える、または他人に責任を転嫁する

Managers scapegoat the junior developer for the project's failure, even though the real problems were systemic.

マネージャーたちはプロジェクトの失敗を不当に若手開発者のせいにしていますが、本当の問題は組織全体にあります。

Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

scapegoats

（ present singular third-person ）

scapegoating

（ participle present ）

scapegoated

（ participle past ）

scapegoated

（ past ）