puhekieltä To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
1871, Mark Twain, Journalism In Tennessee, http://books.google.com/books?id=DUqQEYA8lBoC&pg=PA39&dq=%22palm+off%22&sig=tg16Xby_bL22MnYLpCvU8McRHew or http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1562/
The inveterate liars of the Semi-Weekly Earthquake are evidently endeavoring to palm off upon a noble and chivalrous people another of their vile and brutal falsehoods...