huckster

The Strip was once a magical place where innocents like Dorothy flocked to get into trouble, often in encounters with sleight-of-hand hucksters like Professor Marvel.

But they were ill-equipped to deal with an opposition party that was increasingly turning to hucksters and demagogues.

The individual histories of these men as a dangerous conspiracy theorist, a quack cure TV huckster, an eccentric contrarian and an ethically-challenged partisan have sent shockwaves through the scientific community.

But Jackman sold its corny idealism with a huckster’s sincerity you couldn’t help but buy.

Crypto hucksters talk about their industry in deliberately confusing terms, so ordinary people tune it out, but it's not complicated.