SCAPEGOATING
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
(in the bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (lev. 16).
make a scapegoat of
(in the bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (lev. 16).
make a scapegoat of