Translation of "scapegoat" into Swedish

syndabock, hundhuvud, strykpojke are the top translations of "scapegoat" into Swedish.

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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  • syndabock

    noun common w

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

    Why am I the only one they complain of? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.

    Varför är jag den enda de klagar på? De gör bara ett exempel av mig och använder mig som syndabock.

  • hundhuvud

    noun neuter

    They'd only make scapegoats out of us.

    Du fattar väl att vi skulle få bära hundhuvudet.

  • strykpojke

    någon som ständigt ges skulden.

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