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Noun
1

A person or type of person blamed by the public for various ills, as during a moral panic.

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Rhyming Words
vil evil covil nevil devil civil kevil kovil ervil orvil advil cavil yeovil pulvil olivil weevil drevil bedevil undevil pyruvil
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