snake oil salesman
English
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Noun
[edit]snake oil salesman (plural snake oil salesmen)
- (term): A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:con artist
- She was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after she managed to swindle over thousands of internet customers.
- One who deceives people in order to obtain money from others: fraud, scammer, charlatan, huckster, conman.
See also
[edit]- con artist (obtaining money and valuables through deception)
- grifter, huckster
- mountebank (swindling money from others)