- A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is
raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
Scapegoat Scapegoat is the object of displaced aggression. In Biblical times the Israelites sent a pure white goat out to die in the wilderness once a year, on the Day of Atonement, carrying
Scapegoating Scapegoating means blaming, punishing, or stigmatizing a relatively powerless individual or group for wrongs that were not of their doing.
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