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scapegoat nghĩa là gì?

con dê gánh tội

UK/ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt//ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/

scapegoat in Vietnamese: con dê gánh tội, bia đỡ đạn. In English, scapegoat means 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.

Vietnamese words for scapegoat

a goat imbued with the sins of the people
con dê gánh tội
someone blamed for someone else's error(s)
bia đỡ đạn

English meaning of scapegoat

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.
  3. verb To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

Full definition of scapegoat

scapegoat in a sentence

  • He is making me a scapegoat for his own poor business decisions and the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricane!

Synonyms of scapegoat

All synonyms of scapegoat

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Questions about scapegoat in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of scapegoat in Vietnamese?
Scapegoat in Vietnamese is con dê gánh tội, bia đỡ đạn.
scapegoat nghĩa là gì?
Scapegoat: con dê gánh tội, bia đỡ đạn.
What does scapegoat mean in English?
Scapegoat means 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: scapegoat (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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