to pin on

Examples

• All

• But, come on, woman to woman, do you really want all of this pinned on you alone?

  Army of Thieves (2021)

• It all became a huge clusterfuck when Latesha tried to pin it on the Cigliutti kids.

  Domino (2005)

• The police need a victim, somebody they can pin those three murders on.

  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• And then they basically pinned it on you.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• Don't you even try to pin this on the Captain.

  Bloodsuckers (2005)

• For years, Sinclair has tried to pin something on me.

  Bad Boys (1995)

• - Don't you dare pin this on me!

  Another Stakeout (1993)

• Thanks for contributing to the pointless cycle of "let's pin the blame on someone else."

  Blog text (25)

• Many conservatives like to pin the blame on a complicit media or a weak-kneed McCain campaign.

  Blog text (13)

• After the project failed, the manager tried to pin on his team the blame for the mistakes.

Synonyms

B

to blame

vsto pin on

∞ 1.6

To say that someone or something caused something bad

is often used to put responsibility on a person unfairly rather than examine causes

A

to accuse

vsto pin on

∞ 2.7

Say that someone did something wrong or illegal

is more about informally assigning responsibility often without legal proof

B

to blame it on

vsto pin on

81 3.7

To say someone or something caused a problem

is commonly used to shift responsibility toward a person without proof

P

to point fingers

vsto pin on

• Informal

46 4.8

To blame someone when it is not clear who is at fault

tends to name a single person often unfairly rather than accept shared fault

I

to impute

vsto pin on

• Formal

11 8.7

To blame a person or thing for something bad, often without proof

is used to attribute responsibility specifically to one person rather than to things

S

to scapegoat

vsto pin on

4 4.1

To unfairly blame someone for problems caused by others

is not necessarily aimed at shifting responsibility away from the accuser

L

to lay the blame at the feet of (someone)

vsto pin on

1 6.9

To say someone caused a problem or is at fault

is often unfair because it targets a person rather than the real cause

W

to wite

vsto pin on

• Archaic

9.9

To blame someone for doing something wrong

is often unfair and places responsibility on a person rather than facts

Antonyms

E

to exonerate

• Formal

129 8.2

To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

A

to absolve

• Formal

50 7.2

Make someone officially free from blame, guilt, or responsibility

How Blaming

to frame

123 7.5

to pin on

60 4.8

to accuse

∞ 2.7

to blame

∞ 1.6

to suspect

382 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology