The accused was used as a scapegoat.

被告成为别人的替罪羊。

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He had been used, he later said, as a scapegoat.

之后他表示，自己就像只“替罪羊”一样，被利用了。

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Perhaps it told the truth at the beginning, but later it was made as a scapegoat under press or for its interest or for both.

也许开始说的是实情，后来出于压力或者利益或者兼而有之的原因而替人背了黑锅。

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"They're using the trees as a scapegoat, " says Mr. Malkin, president of Greenwich Tree Conservancy.

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Mr Lafontaine will be missed in the cabinet, too, at least as a scapegoat.

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Ms Gibb said she was "demonised" by the press and used as a scapegoat in the Healthcare Commission's report.

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