snake oil salesman
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snake oil salesman
noun snake oil salesmen
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A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.
She was dubbed a "modern day snake oil salesman" after she managed to swindle over thousands of internet customers.
Similar: bristler, bunco artist, bunco-steerer, chiseler, con artist, confidence artist, confidence trickster, conman, flimflammer, grifter, lugger, magsman
- One who deceives people in order to obtain money from others: fraud, scammer, charlatan, huckster, conman.
Talk about this word "snake oil salesman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snake%20oil%20salesman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. snake oil salesman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snake%20oil%20salesman "snake oil salesman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snake%20oil%20salesman.Cite this
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