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nimetä syntipukiksi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • scapegoat noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.

Senses

nimetä syntipukiksi is used for these senses in English:

  • scapegoat (transitive, intransitive) To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.

scapegoat — full definition

  1. noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
  2. verb To unfairly blame someone for a failure.
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