tr.v., foist·ed, foist·ing, foists.

1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: “I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention” (J.D. Salinger).
2. To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery: They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.
3. To insert fraudulently or deceitfully: foisted unfair provisions into the contract.

[Probably Dutch dialectal vuisten, to take in hand, from Middle Dutch, from vuist, fist.]

verb

1. To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item): fob off, palm off, pass off, put off. See honest/dishonest.
2. To force (another) to accept a burden: impose, inflict, saddle. Informal stick. See give/take/reciprocity, over/under, willing/unwilling.
3. To introduce gradually and slyly: edge, infiltrate, insinuate, wind², work, worm. See enter/exit.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: to force onto another

Meaning #2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indsmugle, prakke på

Nederlands (Dutch)
opdringen, aansmeren, toedichten

Français (French)
v. tr. - imposer qch/qn à qn, repasser qch à qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - andrehen, einschmuggeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εισάγω ή διακινώ λαθραίως ή παρανόμως, πασάρω, πλασάρω, φορτώνω

Italiano (Italian)
imporre, attribuire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - impingir

Русский (Russian)
навязать, всучить, приписать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colar, meter clandestinamente, atribuir, imputar, introducir, encajar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smussla

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
偷偷插入, 硬卖给, 使混入

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 偷偷插入, 硬賣給, 使混入

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 억지로 떠 맡기다, 속여 팔다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 押し付ける, つかませる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخدع , يزيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תחב, הוליך שולל‬

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