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foist

  [foist]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
2. to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually fol. by in or into): to foist political views into a news story.
Origin:
1535–45; < D dial. vuisten, deriv. of vuist fist
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Word Origin & History

foist 
1545, from Du. vuisten "take in hand," from M.Du. vuist "fist." Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing one in the palm of the hand; meaning "introduce surreptitiously" is from 1563.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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