What is "scapegoats"

Usage examples of "scapegoats".

When a plan went awry, Shou commanders often selected subordinates to serve as scapegoats, as Kwan had selected Batu himself after the battle of the sorghum field.

Learn to sympathize with the emotional need for scapegoats in an era of bewilderment when old ways of life are failing.

But he knew, now, why the people needed scapegoats, and only at the end of the road could he find the truth about himself.