foist

verb3

1. •
   To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
2. •
   To pass off as genuine or worthy.

   • foist costly and valueless products on the public — 1969
3. •
   To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

   • But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others. — 1953

noun4

1. •
   (slang, historical) A thief or pickpocket.

   • The foist had lately arrived form the country and was known to be doing a thriving trade in and around Westminster Hall where many country folk and others came to see lawyers. — 1977
2. •
   Fustiness; mustiness.
3. •
   (no longer used) A type of light and fast-sailing ship.

   • These are mad boys, I tell you; these are things That will not strike their top-sails to a foist, / And let a man of war, an argosy, Hull and cry cockles. — 1608
4. •
   (no longer used) A cask for wine.

noun1

1. •
   A follower of Chinese Buddhism.