[scape.goat] n [[1]scape; intended as trans. of Heb 'azazel (prob. name of a demon), as if 'ez 'ozel goat that departs--Lev 16:8 (AV)] (1530) 1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
2. a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility
[2]scapegoat vt (1943): to make a scapegoat of -- scape.goat.ism n