scapegoated

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A form of scapegoat — 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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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of scapegoat
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APA

scapegoated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoated

MLA

“scapegoated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scapegoated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scapegoated.

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