Synonyms for "buck-passing" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

blame game

circumvention

Strong matches (2)

elusionevasion

Related words (4)

frustrationrunaroundslipthwarting

Related word relations

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1 relation types

Related terms

2 entries

pass the buckthe buck stops here

Translations

13 translations across 7 languages.

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German

2 entries

• Schuldzuweisung noun (blame shifting)
• Schwarzer Peter noun (blame shifting)

Italian

2 entries

• rimpallo di responsabilità noun (blame shifting)
• scaricabarile noun (blame shifting)

Japanese

3 entries

• 盥回し noun (blame shifting)
• 蜥蜴の尻尾切り noun (blame shifting)
• 責任転嫁 noun (blame shifting)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• pekelek noun (blame shifting)

Polish

1 entries

• zwalanie odpowiedzialności na innych noun (blame shifting)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• prebacívānje odgovornosti noun (blame shifting)
• ȉgrānje Crnog Petra noun (blame shifting)

Tagalog

2 entries

• pagsisisihan noun (blame shifting)
• sisihan noun (blame shifting)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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

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