The act of shifting one's responsibility onto someone else; passing the buck.
上手くいかなかったのは自分のミスなのに、彼はいつも責任転嫁する。
Even though it was his mistake that things failed, he always shifts the responsibility onto others.
会議での失敗を部下のせいにするのは単なる責任転嫁だ。
Blaming the failure at the meeting on your subordinates is just passing the buck.
政治家の責任転嫁が問題をさらに悪化させた。
The politician's shifting of responsibility made the problem worse.