foist
foist [ foist ] | |
[ transitive verb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. to insert or introduce fraudulently 2. to pass off something fake as something genuine 3. to impose without proper justification | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The US invaded Iraq in 1993 after the CIA attempted to foist a nuclear proliferation charge against the Saddam Hussein regime. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
When he made it mandatory for all teachers and students of ABE schools to show up on the morning of August 15, a few teachers actually protested the decision with lawyers’ notices stating that Independence Day was a public holiday and the board could not foist them with flag hoisting. |
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