foisting
Forcing upon others
Foisting is the act of imposing something unwanted on someone, typically through pressure or deception.
The word carries connotations of sneakiness—you foist inferior goods on unsuspecting buyers, or foist your opinions on people who didn't ask: Stop foisting your dietary beliefs on the rest of us.
What's foisted is rarely welcome.
Pressured compliance through threats
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- inflictingCausing to undergo
- thrustingPushing with force
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
burdening · saddling · dumping · offloading · unloading · pawning off · pushing · pressing
Deception through false identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
deceit · subterfuge · misrepresentation · chicanery · artifice · con · scam · sham
Unauthorized entry into space
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unsolicitedNot asked for
- unaskedNot invited or solicited
obtrusion · insertion · insinuation · interposition · encroachment · trespassing · meddling · interference
coercion
Pressured compliance through threats
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- inflictingCausing to undergo
- thrustingPushing with force
imposing · burdening · saddling · dumping · offloading · unloading · pawning off · pushing · pressing · compelling
imposture
Deception through false identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
guile · deceit · subterfuge · misrepresentation · chicanery · artifice · con · scam · sham · sleight
intrusion
Unauthorized entry into space
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unsolicitedNot asked for
unasked · obtrusion · insertion · insinuation · interposition · encroachment · trespassing · meddling · interference · importuning
foistingproposing
Putting forth formally
suggesting · requesting · asking permission · voluntary giving · gift-giving
foistingwithholding
Keeping from another
retracting · taking back · keeping · retaining · accepting