mountebanking
/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋkɪŋ/
noun
- The practice of deceiving people, especially by pretending to have skills or knowledge you do not have; charlatanry.
- The article exposed the mountebanking behind many online investment schemes.
- His career was built on mountebanking, selling fake remedies to desperate people.
- The politician's promises were dismissed as mere mountebanking by the press.
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