palming off

verb

present participle of palm off
as in passing off
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palming off
  1. passing off
  2. wishing
  3. inflicting
  4. imposing
Verb
  • Up to now, those accused of passing off a computer’s writing as their own have tended to either apologize or deny it.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In academia, there is no greater sin than passing off another’s work as one’s own.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of passing off
Verb
  • Marie Antoinette aficionados might leave this documentary wishing for a bit more juice.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Desirée did not opt to petition for the return of the Cranach, not wishing to run an art dealership, but did successfully pursue restitution for other property.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of wishing
Verb
  • The crew threw live birds at her, inflicting real injuries and once coming dangerously close to hurting her eye.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The plaintiffs challenging the project claim the work is inflicting irreversible damage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflicting
Verb
  • The organ has an imposing physical presence, but its expressive range can become constricting over 13 tracks.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The four plaintiffs — Carvajal, Gonzalez, Ratchkauskas and Mojena — contend that FIU violated their constitutional rights by imposing sanctions over private conversations that, however offensive, did not constitute genuine threats.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of imposing
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