Scapegoat

"Scapegoat" in German

Prügelknabe

(someone blamed for someone else's error(s))

Sündenbock

(a goat imbued with the sins of the people)

Sündenbock

(someone blamed for someone else's error(s))

zum Sündenbock machen

(to blame or punish for the errors of others)

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