Definition
To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
Origins
“Palming” an object (as in a playing card) is a type of sleight of hand, secretly removing the desired article and leaving only the undesired one.
In Context
- "The inveterate liars of the Semi-Weekly Earthquake are evidently endeavoring to palm off upon a noble and chivalrous people another of their vile and brutal falsehoods […]"
- "[…] the old mangy parcel he sent at Xmas a cottage cake and a bottle of hogwash he tried to palm off as claret that he couldnt^([sic]) get anyone to drink […]"
- "(p.359) […] no one is to be allowed fraudulently to palm off upon the public his goods as those of another. (p.379) It is a fundamental rule that one man has no right to palm off his goods for sale as goods of a rival dealer […]"
Also Said As
- pawn off
- pass off
- ;
- foist
- fob off
- ;
- unload
- offload
See Also
- pam off
- reverse palming off