塗ぬりつける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

smear on; daub; plaster

Used for applying a thick or sticky substance onto a surface, often with a sense of spreading or covering.

• 壁かべにペンキを塗ぬりつける。

  I smear paint onto the wall.

• パンにバターを塗ぬりつけた。

  I spread butter thickly on the bread.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pin the blame on; shift the blame onto

Figurative use: to unfairly make someone else take the blame. Often used in the pattern 罪を～に塗りつける.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの罪つみを同どう僚りょうに塗ぬりつけようとした。

  He tried to pin his own crime on his colleague.