Pass off

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to make public or offer for sale (goods or services) with intent to deceive
: See also palm off<passing his product off as that of the plaintiff's ­W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton>
see also unfair competition
2  : to give a false identity or character to <they created the documents on the day of the trial and passed them off as being made earlier>



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