fob off

verb

1. to appease or trick (a person) with lies or excuses
2. to dispose of (goods) by trickery

Example Sentences

However, the parent told BBC Scotland News they felt “fobbed off” by the local authority – and that other parents had not been informed of the breach.

From BBC

The victims commissioner for England and Wales said she often hears of victims being "ignored or fobbed off" by police forces.

From BBC

The 34-year-old was diagnosed after several years of "being fobbed off" and had her son Arthur in December.

From BBC

"It's really common for young girls to get fobbed off and be told it's a mental health condition, when actually that's not the case," she says.

From BBC

He’s teased them endlessly but has never delivered — think those multiple, embarrassing “Infrastructure Weeks”; think “I will get it all done” to bring peace to the Middle East, fobbed off on his embarrassing son-in-law.

From Salon