Question of the Day #1131

Social media and their trolls, with their obsession with the corruption of the ‘MSM’, can take the rap for making matters worse. 

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at LSE.

  上記の文で、take the rapの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take the rap" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

他人の犯した罪を着る［かぶる］

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To face punishment, blame, censure, or arrest for someone else's crime or misdeed, perhaps intentionally.

 

Examples

1. We've made it look like he withdrew the money, so when the police start investigating, he'll be the one to take the rap.
2. I'm always taking the rap for your mistakes—I'm sick of covering for you!
3. What you hope he will do is to remain silent and let Preval make decisions and take the rap for unpopular choices.
4. People like you usually arrange it so that people like Gleeson take the rap.
5. And it is these bit players who nearly always take the rap, rather than white-collar drug lords such as Amado Carrillo.

   

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