The meaning of Mountebank

noun

A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.

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A self-confessed con artist and charlatan

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A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that the person does not actually have

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A person who swindles someone with a confidence trick.

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A high-class flimflammer, a snake oil salesman

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Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

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He was convicted of fraud

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The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

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Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

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The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

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Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

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A person who gets money by deceiving people

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Fraudsters are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to obtain people's personal details.

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A person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax.

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The hoaxer claimed her mother was trapped in a burning flat

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A person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not

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If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done., a bomb hoaxer brought chaos…

noun

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.

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The charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately

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A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

noun

The characteristic harsh sound made by a duck.

Usage examples:

I heard a quack and saw some ducks huddled together

verb

(of a duck) make a quack.

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Ducks quacked from the lake

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A person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.

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A quack doctor

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A person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.

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She would recount how it was possible to buy anything - from meat, chocolate, cigarettes and the ob…

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A person who makes money through dishonest or illegal activities

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Someone who makes money from organized illegal activities

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He achieved worldwide notoriety as a racketeer during the prohibition era in chicago.

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

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You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

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The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

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Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

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A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.

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That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men

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A long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales. most sharks are predatory, although the largest kinds feed on plankton, and some can grow to a large size.

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This shark feeds primarily on bony fishes such as parrot, trigger, squirrel, surgeon, damsel and go…

verb

(typically of a man at a social gathering) be in active pursuit of a sexual partner.

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As soon as he arrived he was sharking among the women

noun

A person who unscrupulously exploits or swindles others.

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Property sharks want to develop 200 acres around the site

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

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The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

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Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

noun

A swindler, especially at cards.

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For the gamblers, sharpers, and confidence men who exploited the wilder side of gilded age america,…

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

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Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adjective

Having a thin edge or point that can cut something

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A sharp blade/knife, she put a sharp point on the pencil., a sharp drop in temperature, a sharp inc…

noun

A person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions.

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He used his charm to become a small-time swindler

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Someone who gets money dishonestly by deceiving or cheating people

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The man was a swindler.

noun

A person who cheats or deceives people.

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The budding scientists of today will need to prepare themselves to do battle with silliness, impost…

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A person who deceives people

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A confidence trickster

noun

A swindler; a dishonest person.

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She's a back-stabbing, double-dealing twister

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A dangerous wind storm; a tornado

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(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.

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A pantomime villain

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A bad person who harms other people or breaks the law, or a cruel or evil character in a book, play, or film

Usage examples:

In her version of the story, hoover emerges as the villain.