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n. The act of making somebody a scapegoat. vb. (present participle of scapegoat English)
Wikipedia
Scapegoating (from the verb "to scapegoat") is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame as a scapegoat. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals (e.g. "he did it, not me!"), individuals against groups (e.g., "I couldn't see anything because of all the tall people"), groups against individuals (e.g., "Jane was the reason our team didn't win"), and groups against groups.
A scapegoat may be an adult, child, sibling, employee, peer, ethnic, political or religious group, or country. A whipping boy, identified patient or " fall guy" are forms of scapegoat.
Usage examples of "scapegoating".
I learned much about the power of scapegoating by watching their quiet hatred of me as they grimaced through the testimony regarding my sanity, my finances, my reputation in the community, and my sexual life with their eldest child.
Holding strategy across both continents, limited police actions and scapegoating until everyone calms down.
Germany possessed a deadly, delusional logic--the logic inherent in theories of scapegoating, racial exclusion, race purity, and cultural pollution.
I was saved from serious scapegoating by the fact that I always used Jeff as my name.
America, this means primarily scapegoating black people, women, gay men, and lesbians.