Lewis & Short

transcriptĭo, ōnis, f. [transcribo, II. A.],

  1. I. a transfer, assignment: a personā in personam transcriptio fit, Gai. Inst. 3, § 130.
  2. II. Esp., the transfer of a fault, the putting of an offence upon another: privati veneni, Quint. Decl. 13, 11 (dub.).