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scapegoat

scape.goat \'ska-p-.go-t\ n [1scape; intended as trans. of Heb 'aza-ze-l 
   (prob. nam]e of a demon), as if 'e-z'o-ze-l goat that departs, Lev 6:8 (AV) 
   1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people af 
   ter which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom 
   Kippur 2: a person or thing bearing the blame for others