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scapegoated

scapegoated is the simple past and past participle of scapegoat.

Meaning of scapegoat

Verb

scapegoat (third-person singular simple present scapegoats, present participle scapegoating, simple past and past participle scapegoated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
    • People tend to fear and then to scapegoat ... groups which seem to them to be fundamentally different from their own.1950, Rachel Davis DuBois, Neighbors in Action: A Manual for Local Leaders in Intergroup Relations, page 37

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Questions about scapegoated

What is scapegoated the simple past and past participle of?
Scapegoated is the simple past and past participle of scapegoat.

Words near scapegoated in the dictionary

  1. scaped
  2. scapegallows
  3. scapegallowses
  4. scapegoat
  5. scapegoatable
  6. scapegoated
  7. scapegoater
  8. scapegoaters
  9. scapegoating
  10. scapegoatings
  11. scapegoatish

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