engelska-svenska översättning av scapegoat

syndabockenDe använder alltså Turkiet som syndabock.They thus use Turkey as a scapegoat. Utvidgningen kan inte användas som syndabock.Expansion must not be used as a scapegoat. Europa får inte bli en syndabock!Europe must not be turned into a scapegoat!
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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
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else
To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of
To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim

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