One who is made an object of blame

• patsy

  1. A person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, or ridiculed.

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  1. A person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, or ridiculed.

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• fall guy

  1. A scapegoat.
  2. A gullible victim; a dupe.

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  1. A scapegoat.
  2. A gullible victim; a dupe.

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• whipping boy

  1. A scapegoat.
  2. A boy formerly raised with a prince or other young nobleman and whipped for the latter's misdeeds.

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  1. A scapegoat.
  2. A boy formerly raised with a prince or other young nobleman and whipped for the latter's misdeeds.

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• scapegoat

  1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.
  2. A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
  3. To make a scapegoat of.

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  1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.
  2. A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
  3. To make a scapegoat of.

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