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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 foist /ˈfɔɪst/
 (vt.)偷偷插入,使混入,硬賣給

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Foist n.  A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Foisting.]  To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in.
    Lest negligence or partiality might admit or foist in abuses and corruption.   --R. Carew.
    When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in.   --South.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Foist, n.
 1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.]
 2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 foist
      v 1: to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
      2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant