what's the word for this...?

Hmm. 'Pressing it upon them', perhaps?

MrP

"insisting", "pressuring". I have the feeling you want something more specific, though, and I can't think what it could be.

CJ

How about "manipulating" or "obligating"

Is this a crossword? How many letters?

Although I appreciate the attention, I'm aware of numerous terms referring to the act of forcing an unwanted gift on someone, such as "foisting off on", "guilting one into accepting", and such-like, and that's not what I'm looking for; I'm looking for a word that has a meaning more or less approximating the phrase I originally posted about. For instance, the German word "schad

Bulldoze?

Manipulate, is a pretty good word for forcing someone to do something they do not want to do.

I'VE GOT IT!

The word is "foisting" ...Look it up.

You could also use fobbed or palmed or even bamboozled. (I've been thinking about this one)

As in:-

She didn't want to accept it, but it was fobbed off on to her.

or:-

I didn't want to accept it but they fobbed it off on to me. (pressured me into taking it, pushed it on to me)

Palmed and bamboozled, sugge

Sorry Anon, after reading your message through again, I see that "foist" is not the word you are looking for. (Good word though).

Ahhhhh well....... Better luck next time.

Dear sirs,

«To fob off» is interesting. It recalls «foppen», which is «to hoax». I believe that «fob off» implies deception. It is perhaps not suitable for a gift.

Kind regards,

There must be a political or bargaining word for that.

Can't think of anything that relates to gifts. I guess 'force-feeding' is too vague.

I've edited, and added this bit:

I'm a bit new here, didn't read the other replies...'foist' is good, give that person credit, I reckon!