Culprit and Scapegoat

Culprit

Culprit noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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Scapegoat and culprit are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Scapegoat" with "Culprit", this nouns are similar.

Scapegoat noun - A person or thing taking the blame for others.

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Culprit and scapegoat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Culprit" instead a noun "Scapegoat".

human	human culprit	human scapegoat
female	female culprit	female scapegoat
best	best culprit	best scapegoat
common	common culprit	common scapegoat
Other adjectives: convenient, obvious, actual, real, major, possible, plausible, primary, different.

He was not able to prove it or find the real culprit, and as of Hanai's epilogue the scapegoat is still in prison.

Source: Fall Guy
He was not able to prove it or find the real culprit, and as of his epilogue the scapegoat is still in prison.

Source: Visual Novel / Metro PD: Close to You
The Scapegoat: Varian is blamed for Mina's unsealing, even though the real culprit is Zareh.

Source: Visual Novel / Frozen Essence

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