scapegoat
whipping boy
sweat
perpetrator
culprit
seducer
bungler
that'll teach someone
forfeiture
sacrifice
take the fall
forfeit
critic
fallible
sad sack
butcher
stumbler
blunderer
fumbler
wronger
bumbler
botcher
fall
fuckup
redeeming
posturer
wages
victimizer
rebuker
victimiser
reward
reprover
scapegoater
payoff
reproacher
upbraider
accuser
misdoer
for the high jump
briber
faultfinder
vicarious punishment
for it
suborner
incur
lie at someone's door
accusation
accusal
rod for one's back
confession
nagger
common scold
detraction
guardian
inciter
scolder
provoker
firebrand
guiltily
instigator
nag
instigant
scold
one to talk
charge
and your little dog too
in trouble
easy mark
shit bird
get it in the neck
remedy
remediation
Javert
redress
faultable
commission
witch-hunter
suspect
punishability
victimisation
wite
race mixer
forgiver
excuser
exploitation
victimization
reform
incriminate
imply
pardoner
inculpate
using
wrongdoer
authoritarian

English words for 'someone who is punished for the errors of others'

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