palming off
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (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[edit]
Verb[edit]
- present participle and gerund of palm off