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Noun Concept
Categories: Persecution, Sheep and goat idioms, Whipping, Yom Kippur, Bullying
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scapegoat  whipping boy  scape goat  scapegoats  Whip boy
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Someone who is punished for the errors of others WordNet 3.0
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Someone who is punished for the errors of others WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A whipping boy was a boy educated alongside a prince in early modern Europe, who supposedly received corporal punishment for the prince's transgressions in his presence. Wikipedia
In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. Wikipedia
Goat used in a religious ritual or the victim of scapegoating, the singling out of a party for unmerited blame. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Animal which is ritually burdened with the sins of others, then driven away Wikidata
Someone who is punished for the errors of others. OmegaWiki
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else. Wiktionary
Someone punished for someone else's error(s). Wiktionary (translation)
Someone punished for the errors of others, historically a boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince. Wiktionary
Someone punished for the errors of others. Wiktionary (translation)
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He is making me a scapegoat. Wiktionary
As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat. Wiktionary
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