foist
verb (used with object)
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon).
had foisted
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past perfectof foist.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She said the Home Office had "foisted the centre on to local residents without consultation."
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
I was also angry at myself; my job required me to grapple with a problem with no obvious solution and, out of weakness, I had foisted my confusion on him.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
It also deleted some of Jefferson’s more fanciful complaints, including his claim that the king had foisted the slave trade on innocent Americans, only to incite the slaves against their masters.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The many early settlers who were religious dissenters were doubly suspicious of government, first for its centralizing efforts and second for the persecution it had foisted upon them.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2016
Here I was, the miserable victim of a punctuality my own people had foisted on a land only too happy without it!
From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell
