scapegoat in Finnish
scapegoat in Finnish
syntipukki
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.
nimetä syntipukiksi
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
sysätä syy
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
vierittää syy
(transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.