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m.

scapegoat, whipping boy, sacrificial lamb, Aunt Sally.

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figurado scapegoat

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(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.

Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex. The coal industry has become the 'whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

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(n.) = scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, sacrificial goat, patsy, whipping boy

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: In this limited respect, we may say that Hume opened the door to phenomenology, but as a sacrificial lamb.

Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Ex: The coal industry has become the 'whipping boy' of environmentalists who fail to come up with realistic alternatives for energy.

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scapegoat