snake oil salesman

English

Noun

snake oil salesman (plural snake oil salesmen)

  1. (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.
  2. One who deceives people in order to obtain money from others: fraud, scammer, charlatan, huckster, conman.

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