"buck-passing" meaning in English

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          "text": "It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began.",
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        "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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          "jurisdiction",
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        "(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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          "word": "pass the buck"
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          "word": "the buck stops here"
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          "word": "blame game"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "Schuldzuweisung"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "scaricabarile"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "rimpallo di responsabilità"
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          "roman": "tokage no shippo giri",
          "sense": "blame shifting",
          "word": "蜥蜴の尻尾切り"
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          "roman": "tarai mawashi",
          "sense": "blame shifting",
          "word": "盥回し"
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          "roman": "sekinintenka",
          "sense": "blame shifting",
          "word": "責任転嫁"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "pekelek"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "prebacívānje odgovornosti"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
          "word": "sisihan"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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        "Buck passing"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Schuldzuweisung"
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      "word": "rimpallo di responsabilità"
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      "roman": "tokage no shippo giri",
      "sense": "blame shifting",
      "word": "蜥蜴の尻尾切り"
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