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mountebanks

noun

Meaning

  1. One who sells dubious medicines.
  2. One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.
  3. An acrobat.
  4. To act as a mountebank.
  5. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

charlatan(English)fakes(English)hucksters(English)fabulists(English)connivers(English)prigs(English)scoundrels(English)rotters(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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