buck-passing

Etymology
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Noun

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

Translations

 * German:
 * Italian:, rimpallo di responsabilità
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pekelek
 * Serbo-Croatian: prebacívānje odgovornosti, ȉgrānje Crnog Petra
 * Tagalog: sisihan, pagsisisihan