FOIST


Meaning of FOIST in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.