v.tr. (foll. by (off) on, (off) upon)
1. present (a thing) falsely as genuine or superior.
2 falsely fix the ownership of.
3 (foll. by in, into) introduce surreptitiously or unwarrantably.
Etymology: orig. of palming a false die, f. Du. dial. vuisten take in the hand f. vuist FIST