make the scapegoat for

make someone the scapegoat for something

to make someone take the blame for something. They made Tom the scapegoat for the whole affair. It wasn't all his fault. Don't try to make me the scapegoat. I'll tell who really did it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
EugÈNe	uu-ZHEN	French
HellÄ	HEL-la	Finnish
Liselotte	LEE-ze-law-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German
Narges	-	Persian
Violetta	vyo-LET-tah (Italian), vee-ah-LYE-tah (Russian)	Italian, Russian
Nkosazana	-	Southern African, Xhosa