To unfairly blame or punish someone for some failure; to make a scapegoat of.
Infinitivescapegoat
Past simplescapegoated
Past participlescapegoated
-ing formscapegoating
Full conjugation of the English verb to scapegoat (past simple scapegoated,
past participle scapegoated):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
scapegoat
you
scapegoat
he/she/it
scapegoats
we
scapegoat
you
scapegoat
they
scapegoat
Present continuous
I
am scapegoating
you
are scapegoating
he/she/it
is scapegoating
we
are scapegoating
you
are scapegoating
they
are scapegoating
Present perfect
I
have scapegoated
you
have scapegoated
he/she/it
has scapegoated
we
have scapegoated
you
have scapegoated
they
have scapegoated
Present perfect continuous
I
have been scapegoating
you
have been scapegoating
he/she/it
has been scapegoating
we
have been scapegoating
you
have been scapegoating
they
have been scapegoating
Past simple
I
scapegoated
you
scapegoated
he/she/it
scapegoated
we
scapegoated
you
scapegoated
they
scapegoated
Past continuous
I
was scapegoating
you
were scapegoating
he/she/it
was scapegoating
we
were scapegoating
you
were scapegoating
they
were scapegoating
Past perfect
I
had scapegoated
you
had scapegoated
he/she/it
had scapegoated
we
had scapegoated
you
had scapegoated
they
had scapegoated
Past perfect continuous
I
had been scapegoating
you
had been scapegoating
he/she/it
had been scapegoating
we
had been scapegoating
you
had been scapegoating
they
had been scapegoating
Future simple
I
will scapegoat
you
will scapegoat
he/she/it
will scapegoat
we
will scapegoat
you
will scapegoat
they
will scapegoat
Future continuous
I
will be scapegoating
you
will be scapegoating
he/she/it
will be scapegoating
we
will be scapegoating
you
will be scapegoating
they
will be scapegoating
Future perfect
I
will have scapegoated
you
will have scapegoated
he/she/it
will have scapegoated
we
will have scapegoated
you
will have scapegoated
they
will have scapegoated
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been scapegoating
you
will have been scapegoating
he/she/it
will have been scapegoating
we
will have been scapegoating
you
will have been scapegoating
they
will have been scapegoating
Conditional
Present
I
would scapegoat
you
would scapegoat
he/she/it
would scapegoat
we
would scapegoat
you
would scapegoat
they
would scapegoat
Present continuous
I
would be scapegoating
you
would be scapegoating
he/she/it
would be scapegoating
we
would be scapegoating
you
would be scapegoating
they
would be scapegoating
Perfect
I
would have scapegoated
you
would have scapegoated
he/she/it
would have scapegoated
we
would have scapegoated
you
would have scapegoated
they
would have scapegoated
Perfect continuous
I
would have been scapegoating
you
would have been scapegoating
he/she/it
would have been scapegoating
we
would have been scapegoating
you
would have been scapegoating
they
would have been scapegoating
Subjunctive
Present
that I
scapegoat
that you
scapegoat
that he/she/it
scapegoat
that we
scapegoat
that you
scapegoat
that they
scapegoat
Past
if I
scapegoated
if you
scapegoated
if he/she/it
scapegoated
if we
scapegoated
if you
scapegoated
if they
scapegoated
Imperative
Affirmative
you
scapegoat
we
let's scapegoat
Negative
you
don't scapegoat
we
let's not scapegoat
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to scapegoat
Perfect infinitive
to have scapegoated
Present participle / gerund
scapegoating
Past participle
scapegoated
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