foist

[ foist ]

/ fɔɪst /

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verb (used with object)

to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.

to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually followed by in or into): to foist political views into a news story.

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impose

Nearby words

foiled, foilsman, foin, foism, foison, foist, foix, fokine, fokine, michel, fokker, fokker, anthony

Origin of foist

1535–45; < Dutch dialect vuisten, derivative of vuist fist¹

Related formsun·foist·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for foisted

The oft-quoted figure of six million dead, he maintains, was but a myth, foisted on the world by the singularly demonic Zionists.
Abbas Alleges Link Between Zionists And Nazis|David N. Myers|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 2008, he foisted Sarah Palin upon an unsuspecting nation.
Michael Tomasky on How John McCain Humiliated Himself on Susan Rice|Michael Tomasky|November 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Warburton blushed to think that such "nonsense" could be foisted on Shakespeare's text.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters|Edmund William Gosse
She foisted herself upon society, and was discovered and kicked out!
Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking

This dogma they have foisted on a flattered and trustful nation, with the command to foist it on the rest of the world.
Soliloquies in England|George Santayana
But the Arabic character is even less suited to Malay than to the other Eastern languages on which it has been foisted.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various
He gave that long, dark face that had been foisted on him tricks to do—lift an eyebrow, frown.
The Return|Walter de la Mare

British Dictionary definitions for foisted

foist

/ (fɔɪst) /

verb (tr)

(often foll by off or on) to sell or pass off (something, esp an inferior article) as genuine, valuable, etc

(usually foll by in or into) to insert surreptitiously or wrongfully

Word Origin for foist

C16: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to enclose in one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuist fist

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Word Origin and History for foisted

foist

1540s, from Dutch vuisten "take in hand," from Middle Dutch vuist "fist" (see fist). Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing a loaded one in the palm of the hand with the intention of introducing it into play; meaning "introduce surreptitiously" is from 1560s. Related: Foisted; foisting.

foist

verb (used with object)

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