fall guys

noun

plural of fall guy
as in victims
a person or thing taking the blame for others the sandlot ball players wanted the littlest kid to be the fall guy for the broken window, figuring that he'd have the best chance of escaping punishment

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  1. victims
  2. goats
  3. excuses
  4. scapegoats
Noun
  • American women, being birthed as special victims with special status, are not.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Two of the victims were grazed by bullets, and a 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen, WSOC reports.
    — Mark Price November 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of victims
Noun
  • Among his trophies are an Alaskan moose and caribou, wild boars, bears, whitetail deer, Catalina goats and more mule deer bucks than some hunters see in a lifetime.
    — Rich LaRocco, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The family hopes to add chickens and goats when Wagner's work schedule allows more time at home.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of goats
Noun
  • The players understand what’s at stake, and none are making any excuses in the locker room after yet another sluggish start for the unit.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • But veteran guards such as Norman Powell don’t want to couch their inefficiency on the boards in any excuses about a new scheme.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of excuses
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Trumpworld searched frantically for scapegoats to deflect blame that the electoral bloodbath was a rebuke of the president and his agenda.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.
    — Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of scapegoats
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