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finger-pointing

Finger pointing is defined as casting blame or assigning the blame for something to someone else.

(noun)

An example of finger pointing is telling your mom "My sister broke the vase!"

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See finger-pointing in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of assigning blame as for a harmful policy or unwise decision to another or others, often in an effort to deflect blame from oneself

See finger-pointing in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The act of blaming someone for something; the imputation of blame.

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