Scapegoating

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

2.verbTo blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.

3.nounThe act of making somebody a scapegoat.

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