June 26, 2023 08:30 am | Updated 08:30 am ISTCan the word ‘scapegoat’ be used as a verb? (Aditi Rao, Mysore)The word ‘scapegoat’ can be used both as a noun and a verb. ‘Fall guy’ is another word which has more or less the same meaning as ‘scapegoat’. Nowadays, when we hear the word ‘scapegoat’, we immediately think of a person. This animal, which was called ‘scapegoat’, meaning ‘the goat that escaped’, was then released into the wilderness, and it carried away with it the sins of the community.

Source: The Hindu June 26, 2023 15:02 UTC