buck-passing in Italian

buck-passing in Italian is rimpallo di responsabilità, scaricabarile.

buck-passing in Italian

rimpallo di responsabilità

noun

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

scaricabarile

noun

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

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