n. victim, front, dupe, gull, cat's-paw, whipping-boy, Brit man of straw, Aunt Sally, US straw man, Colloq fall guy, Slang sucker We have to find a scapegoat to take the punishment for us
SCAPEGOAT
Meaning of SCAPEGOAT in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012