It gave Jerry time, presented her with a convenient scapegoat.

This failure, and his prominent position, made him a convenient scapegoat for many.

No such allowance is made for the police, who make convenient scapegoats.

"They're using me as a convenient scapegoat," he said, referring to the police.

He was a convenient scapegoat, and too much a gentleman to reply in kind.

Because they made a showcase and used a convenient scapegoat for that.

Technology seems to be a convenient scapegoat for the increases in health costs.

That will not stop non-payers being used as convenient scapegoats.

Some of the committee found him a rather too convenient scapegoat.

"Or will he serve as convenient scapegoat at the first sign of disaster?"