Translation of "scapegoat" into Finnish

syntipukki, syy, sysätä are the top translations of "scapegoat" into Finnish.

scapegoat verb noun grammar

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. [..]

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  • syntipukki

    verb noun

    to blame something for the problems of a given society [..]

    This basically means that we have to do our own homework rather than looking for scapegoats elsewhere.

    On tosiaankin kyse siitä, että tässä on tehtävä kotiläksyjä sen sijaan, että etsisimme syntipukkeja muualta.

  • syy

    verb

    to punish someone for the error of someone else

  • sysätä

    verb

    to punish someone for the error of someone else

  • sijaiskärsijä

    noun

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