Mountebank
Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊntˈiˈbæŋk/
Mountebank (noun)
- A person who tricks others, often to sell fake products or ideas.
- A person in the past who sold fake medicines, often in public places.
Examples
- The mountebank deceived the crowd with his false promises.
- She realized too late that he was a mountebank, not a genuine friend.
Common collocations: expose a mountebank, mountebank schemes, crafty mountebank, mountebank's elixirs, traveling mountebank