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“scapegoat”
i · The common misuse One wrong form
ii · What it meansTwo lines, no filler
One word. 'Scapegoat' comes from the biblical practice of a goat bearing sins into the wilderness — 'scape' is an old word for escape, but the phrase fused centuries ago.
iii · Memory hookKeep this one
Scapegoat is one word. The animal that escapes bearing blame.