"buck-passing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020 July 29, Barry Doe, “GWR climbs down... but it took too long to issue refund”, in Rail, page 58",
          "text": "It's from here onwards that the whole web of buck-passing and excuses began.",
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        "Blame shifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "passing the buck"
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          "word": "the buck stops here"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "blame shifting",
          "word": "scaricabarile"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "prebacivanje odgovornosti"
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          "sense": "blame shifting",
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          "word": "igranje Crnog Petra"
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        "Buck passing"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "passing the buck"
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          "absolving",
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  "word": "buck-passing"
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