palming off

English

Noun

palming off (uncountable)

  1. (law) The act of misrepresenting a counterfeit product as the genuine article.
    • 1917, Harry Dwight Nims, The Law of Unfair Competition and Trade-Marks, page 27:
      It is sufficient that the complainant is entitled to the custom—the good-will—of a business and that this good-will is injured or is about to be injured, by the palming off of the goods of another as his.

Derived terms

Verb

palming off

  1. present participle and gerund of palm off
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