Sentence examples for was scapegoated from inspiring English sources
noun
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.
She was scapegoated for the sake of political expediency.
Ms. Few, charged with conspiracy to promote prostitution, says she quit the business in 1999 and was scapegoated.
Dick claimed that more people had died from drugs at a fast food restaurant around the corner from the Arches and yet the club was scapegoated.
Germany's elimination from the World Cup was their earliest exit from the tournament in 80 years, and Özil felt he was scapegoated for their unsuccessful title defence.
Second, Harold Larwood - one of the great unfulfilled fast-bowling talents of all time - was scapegoated out of the game by the two-faced English authorities.
Ketland, 50, a philosophy lecturer at Pembroke College, said he was "scapegoated" by the university over the death of Charlotte Coursier, 25, and added that the case had affected his health and caused huge problems for his family.
Muslim women are being scapegoated.
Suddenly Sherman was being scapegoated.
Most have been scapegoated and marginalized.
We feel we've been scapegoated.
Social animals especially have been scapegoated since time immemorial.
