Translation of "scapegoat" into Dutch

zondebok, pispaal are the top translations of "scapegoat" into Dutch.

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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  • zondebok

    noun masculine

    a goat imbued with the sins of the people [..]

    Somebody out there wants a scapegoat and they've picked Ron.

    Iemand zoekt een zondebok en ze hebben Ron uitgekozen.

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