fall guys
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One who is gullible and easily duped.
Synonyms:patsy
noun
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In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
Example: He is making me a scapegoat.