verb
- blamed or punished for the wrongdoings or mistakes of others
Usage: past tense and past participle of scapegoat
Examples
- The manager was scapegoated for the team’s poor performance.
- She felt scapegoated by her colleagues after the project failed.
- The whistleblower was scapegoated instead of being protected.
- He was unfairly scapegoated for the company’s financial losses.
- The minority group was scapegoated during the economic crisis.
- The employee was scapegoated to protect the executives from blame.