English-Polish translations for scapegoat

  • kozioł ofiarnyTen proces nie powinien być przez nas postrzegany jako kozioł ofiarny odpowiedzialny za nasze krajowe problemy gospodarcze i społeczne. We should not make it a scapegoat for our own domestic economic and social problems. Jeżeli chodzi o system kwot; wydaje się, że to kozioł ofiarny całej tej sytuacji, w której sami się znajdujemy. As regards the quota system; it seems to be the scapegoat of this whole situation in which we find ourselves. Niemniej jednak, aby Parlament mógł pokazać swą niezależność, musi być kozioł ofiarny, ofiara ekspiacyjna. Nevertheless, so that Parliament could show its independence, there had to be a scapegoat, an expiatory victim.

Definition 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
  • Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else
  • To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of
  • To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim

Examples

  • He is making me a scapegoat.

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