The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impose \Im*pose"\, v. i. To practice tricks or deception. To impose on or To impose upon,
to pass or put a trick on; to delude; to cheat; to defraud. ``He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things.''
--Locke.to place an unwelcome burden or obligation on (another person); as, she imposed on her friend to drive her daughter to school.
to take unfair advantage of (a person, a friendship); as, he imposed on his friendship with The Mayor to gain business.
Usage examples of "to impose upon".
Now, however, the tide begins to turn and immediately the dreary world which the American millionaires and their British hangers-on intend to impose upon us begins to take shape.
Moreover, Posidonius, or any other asserter of the fatal influence of the stars, will have enough to do to find anything to say to this, if he be unwilling to impose upon the minds of the uninstructed in things of which they are ignorant.
Casting aside all thought of justice and magnanimity, is it wise to impose upon the negro all the burdens involved in sustaining government against foes within and foes without, to make him equal sharer in all sacrifices for the public good, to tax him in peace and conscript him in war, and then coldly exclude him from the ballot- box?
Given his culture and background, his values, he is often easier to impose upon than would be many others.