Scapegoat

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"Scapegoat"
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Scapegoat (noun)

1. a person who takes the blame for others and doesn't then come wandering back into court to testify against those others

1. an absolut solution to life's little complex issues

Examples

• Andrew Fastow testified against Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay making him a bad scapegoat.
• Scooter Libby hasn't testified against Karl Rove or Dick Cheney making him a good scapegoat.

Scapegoat was The Wørd for March 14, 2006.

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