If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault.
例句
I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.我不應該為一些不好的結果頂罪。
VERB
使代人受過;把…當替罪羊
To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.
例句
Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs.工作機會少常常會怪到少數民族頭上。