mountebank

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who sells dubious medicines.
2. noun One who sells by deception; a con artist.
3. noun Any boastful, false pretender.
4. noun An acrobat.
5. verb To act as a mountebank.
6. verb To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.

Similar words

charlatan quack rogue montebanc mount mounter mandrake marthambles munger marchant

Often followed by

and of who in or to at as with

Word family

mountebanked mountebankeries mountebankery mountebanking mountebanks