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A scapegoat is a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

It can also mean to blame someone (individual, group, race) for something they have not done, as with Hitler blaming the Jews for losing World War I, using that to gain support and give people a reason for hating them.

The origin of the term is the Hebrew ritual practice of releasing a goat into the wilderness (to die) on the Day of Atonement. In early civilizations such as Greece, the practice used beggars or criminals to carry off evil spirits or to appease the gods.

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