foist
IPA: fˈɔɪst
noun
- (historical slang) A thief or pickpocket.
- (obsolete) A light and fast-sailing ship.
- (obsolete) A cask for wine.
- Fustiness; mustiness.
verb
- (transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
- (transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.
- (transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.
adjective
- Pronunciation spelling of first. [Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.]
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Examples of "foist" in Sentences
- Please don't foist it on the reader.
- It is not correct to foist them as Hinduism.
- Do not foist it inWikipedia as the Hindu view.
- Do not foist it in Wikipedia as the Hindu view.
- It is too much to try to foist on a little box.
- Please do not foist untruths onto the wikipedia.
- What a thing to foist on the unsuspecting masses.
- Articles that attempt to foist bias will get edited.
- But it is not helpful to foist them on the reader without sources.
- The function of an encyclopedia is to document and not to foist propaganda.
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