Mountebank

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1. Noun

One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.

2. Noun

Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

3. Verb

To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.

4. Verb

To play the mountebank.
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