なすりつける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

rub on; smear; daub

Physical action of rubbing something onto a surface, often with a sense of carelessness or force.

• 壁かべにペンキをなすり付つける。

  I smear paint on the wall.

• 彼かれは手てに付ついた泥どろをズボンになすり付つけた。

  He wiped the mud from his hands onto his pants.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pin the blame on; shift the blame to

Figurative use: to unfairly attribute fault or responsibility to someone else, often with a nuance of rubbing or smearing the blame onto them.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいを同どう僚りょうになすり付つけた。

  He pinned his own mistake on his colleague.

• 責せき任にんを他た人にんになすり付つけるのはよくない。

  It's not good to shift the blame onto others.