Answer: scapegoats

AnswerCrossword Clue
SCAPEGOATSBlame recipients
SCAPEGOATSFall guys
SCAPEGOATSCousins of fall guys.
SCAPEGOATSRelatives of fall guys.
SCAPEGOATSBlame bearers
SCAPEGOATSFall guys for scandals
scapegoatsA person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, esp. for reasons of expediency
scapegoats(in the Bible) A goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16)
scapegoatsSCAPEGOAT, to make a scapegoat of