I asked . She continued with a tremor in her voice , " After weeks of this , people became fed up and needed a scapegoat . Myself being a Wood Elf , ' prove to thievery ' the people said , they blamed it on me . Andil saw me walking around one night but I was not stealing ! I was trying to catch the thieves in the act and end their looting of Vos .

Question: What is meant by " scapegoat "
Answer: It means   getting a goat to dress up .It means letting the goats escape .It means freeing the livestock .None of the above choices .