Mountebank (noun)
moun-te-bank
a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
1570–80; (Middle French ) Italian montimbanco one who climbs on a bench, equivalent to mont(are) to climb + -im-, variant of in on + banco bench
Example sentences
“It’s said the mountebank is now shilling weight loss treatments for the Daily Mail”
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