mountebank
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In this world in which self-interested mountebanks command followers on social media and the airwaves by the millions, it doesn’t take much for a misinformation and disinformation campaign to cloud people’s minds.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2021
They cannot at one and the same time complain that politicians are shameless mountebanks while eagerly purchasing every jar of snake oil on offer.
From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2020
But, rather than headline in Las Vegas, he prefers to live in the mysterious world of ancient mountebanks and eccentric entertainers.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019
Even the mountebanks, the leaders of no convictions, can shift the course of events.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2017
These Histrions being mounted on a stage, like our mountebanks, performed a sort of ballet, by dancing and gesticulating to the sound of musical instruments.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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