huckster
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈhʌkstər/
- Offensive
:
charlatán
- People still buy into Gary Null and that other huckster who was pushing coral calcium.
So all kinds of hucksters manage to find their way into, you know, getting into position where they don't get bankrupt.
- So all kinds of hucksters manage to find their way into, you know, getting into position where they don't get bankrupt.
Examples
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Trump campaign in chaos, infighting among grifters, hucksters and profiteers.
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I think the problem is that Banksy essentially is a huckster with no real content to offer.
Blog text (22) -
The man is a political huckster, and it is written all over his face.
Blog text (19) -
What if he turns out to be some kind of huckster?
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We've seen our fair share of hucksters with miracle products.
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It's a shame so many hucksters are willing to take an author's money and post shill reviews.
Blog text (22) -
Nakoula is many things: a huckster, a convenient scapegoat, a terrible filmmaker.
Blog text (30) -
I'd already pegged him as a salesman or a huckster, someone thoroughly enamored of whatever minor charms he possessed.
Fiction book (2001) -
The preachers are in it for the money: hucksters, Elmer Gantrys, preying on the poor, the elderly, and the female.
Academic text (1991) -
The huckster shouted about his miracle cleaner, promising it could make any surface shine.
Synonyms
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4.7
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to get their money
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4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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9.1
A person who tricks others to get their money or things
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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8.0
A person who tricks people by offering fake medicines or useless products
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9.9
A person who makes or sells cheap, low quality goods to make money
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9.9
A person who cheats people to get money
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7.9
A woman who tricks people into giving her money or valuable things by gaining their trust
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7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
A person who sells low-quality goods in a flashy, dishonest way
A person who sells poor quality goods in a showy way
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A person who charges too much for goods or services
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
A person who tricks people into giving their money
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Huckster originally meant a small street seller and later took on a negative sense for sellers of cheap or questionable goods who use loud or tricky sales talk. So a huckster is a person who pushes or sometimes cheats to make a sale.