Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who foists, or inserts without authority.
- noun Same as
foist , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
foists ; afalsifier .
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Examples
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I agree with the first name basis – many companies foister this as a way of making people feel they are part of the “Team” – but too often business relationships remain sterile first name or not.
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I think the ploy to foister the program off on the school system, as a history education module, underscores the intent of deception.
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Regional Development Agencies are dangerously gathering all manner of powers; like being able to foister Gypo camps on people who have no democratic way of holding them acountable.
Gordonomics, life in Soviet Britain: The true cost of voting Labour. FIDO The Dog 2009
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Perhaps this is a reflection of the calibre of leadership and policy direction that the UDM will foister on the people of South Africa.
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Perhaps this is a reflection of the calibre of leadership and policy direction that the UDM will foister on the people of South Africa.
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People will still need jobs and legislatively, NOTHING will be done to foister ANY new jobs.
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However it is likely that parties will foister the same old faces upon us and deny us any real choice.
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But for God's sake, don't let those Victorians foister the damn thing on NSW.
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However it is likely that parties will foister the same old faces upon us and deny us any real choice.
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