noun · rare

scapegoat

scapegoat · scapegoats

козел відпущення, офірний цап

козёл отпущения, крайний, мальчик для битья, стрелочник

Sündenbock, Prügelknabe

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the…In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

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UK/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/US/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/

» They're looking for a scapegoat.

Они ищут козла отпущения.

Meaning

2 senses

In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
Sündenbock
козёл отпуще́нияkozjól otpuščénija
офі́рний цапofírnyj cap, козе́л відпу́щенняkozél vidpúščennja
Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!
Sündenbock, Prügelknabe
козёл отпуще́нияkozjól otpuščénija, стре́лочникstréločnik, ма́льчик для битья́málʹčik dlja bitʹjá
козе́л відпу́щенняkozél vidpúščennja

More definitions

someone who is punished for the errors of others

Examples

22 sentences

They're looking for a scapegoat.
ruОни ищут козла отпущения.
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You're the scapegoat.
ruТы козёл отпущения.
deDu bist der Sündenbock.
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Dictators use marginalized populations as scapegoats.
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Why am I always the scapegoat?
ruПочему я всегда козёл отпущения?
deWarum bin ich immer der Sündenbock?
CC BY · Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
They simply need to find a scapegoat.
ruИм просто нужно найти стрелочника.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a goat imbued with the sins of the people:

Русский

By meaning 2

a goat imbued with the sins of the people:

someone blamed for someone else's error(s):

Deutsch

By meaning 2

a goat imbued with the sins of the people:

someone blamed for someone else's error(s):

Origin

From scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, inte

From scape + goat; coined by English biblical scholar and translator William Tyndale, interpreting Biblical Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (“azazél”) (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26), from an interpretation as coming from עֵז (ez, “goat”) and אוזל (ozél, “escapes”). First attested 1530. Compare English scapegrace, scapegallows.

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