the act of producing products that are very similar to another company’s products and thereby causing people to believe they are the original in a way that contravenes intellectual property law
Synonyms and related words
Originals and copies of things
original
copy
transcript
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous crimes
accession
agriterrorism
bigamy
passing off
noun uncountable legal
US /ˌpæsɪŋ ˈɔf/
Other entries for this word
pass offphrasal verb
DEFINITIONS1
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the act of producing products that are very similar to another company’s products and thereby causing people to believe they are the original in a way that contravenes intellectual property law