Synonyms of passed off

passed off

verb

past tense of pass off

as in inflicted

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable

the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inflicted
• imposed
• wished
• palmed off
• fobbed off
• foisted
• forced
• palmed
• entailed
• forged
• distorted
• misrepresented
• counterfeited
• falsified
• faked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of passed off

Sure enough, a member of the security team snagged the jersey, and it was passed off to a man who admired the jersey sitting in the ride behind Leo. —CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026

The original movie was passed off as a documentary on death, but paired mostly staged violence with real footage taken at murder scenes and accident sites, blurring the lines between fiction and reality. —Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

To diVittorio, the minimum lot sizes are too big — and therefore expensive; setbacks from streets are too broad, eating up buildable land; and sidewalk requirements are too costly, getting passed off to consumers. —Mark Dee march 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2026

Earlier in the week, an Indian university was reportedly asked to leave the summit after a staff member passed off a robotic dog developed by Chinese company Unitree as one the university had developed. —Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026

And even Lachlan, who shares his father’s paleo-conservative worldview and was therefore granted control of Fox News, ultimately had to accept that much of the Murdoch empire had been sold out from under him when Rupert passed off 20th Century Fox to Disney for $71 billion in 2019. —The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 Feb. 2026

The tie ultimately passed off without much incident. —Phil Hay, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026

After Wembanyama converted an and-one fast-break lob from Stephon Castle, Mazzulla lifted Walsh and passed off that matchup to Baylor Scheierman. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026

Winter can be hard, but the belief that everyone is sadder during the season may simply be folklore passed off as fact. —Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026