buck-passing

English

Etymology

From buck +‎ passing.

Noun

buck-passing (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Blameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.

   Synonym: (colloquial) blame game

   • 2020 July 29, Barry Doe, “GWR climbs down... but it took too long to issue refund”, in Rail, page 58:

     It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began.

Translations

blame shifting

• German: Schuldzuweisung (de) f
• Italian: scaricabarile (it) m, rimpallo di responsabilità m
• Japanese: 蜥蜴の尻尾切り (ja) (tokage no shippo giri), 盥回し (ja) (tarai mawashi), 責任転嫁 (ja) (sekinintenka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pekelek m

• Serbo-Croatian: prebacívānje odgovornosti n, ȉgrānje Crnog Petra n (idiom)
• Tagalog: sisihan, pagsisisihan

See also

• pass the buck
• the buck stops here