Translation of "scapegoat" into Italian

capro espiatorio, capro emissario, fare da capro espiatorio are the top translations of "scapegoat" into Italian.

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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  • capro espiatorio

    noun masculine m

    someone punished for someone else's error(s) [..]

    Fear seeks scapegoats and the easy scapegoats are the persecuted of this world.

    La paura cerca capri espiatori, e facile capro espiatorio è chi al mondo è perseguitato.

  • capro emissario

    noun masculine

    someone punished for someone else's error(s)

  • fare da capro espiatorio

    verb

    to punish someone for the error of someone else [..]

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