Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victim-blame

simple past tense and past participle of victim-blame

The practice of holding the victim of a crime or other wrongful act wholly or partially responsible for what befell them.

To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold responsible (the victim of an attack, disease, etc for the attack which they have suffered).

(US, idiomatic, humorous) A catch phrase for shifting attention away from a problem or serious social issue by humorously laying responsibility on Canada.

It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them. / Upon failure, it is easier to blame the tools used rather than how they were employed.