mountebankery

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Noun
  • Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • When Hamilton refused him legal help, Reynolds told all who would listen that the Treasury secretary had masterminded his financial chicanery.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His safe departure from Owensboro was effected [sic] through subterfuge.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So ignore the subterfuge being generated by the tobacco/vaping industry.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fun bit of trickery worked as Hunt gained 3 yards and got the first down.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And yet Broncos' run game and offensive trickery isn't working.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Crawford said the lying in wait allegations could not be proved because his client was just standing by a gate when the attack happened.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Stop the madness, stop the lying, and just be free.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And though O’Neil, who has been inside, says the building itself is in no shape for skullduggery, that doesn’t mean said skullduggery isn’t happening elsewhere.
    A.K. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The American people are seeking solace and inspiration from its leaders, not pettiness and skullduggery.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Even with the old four-corner chicane removed to quicken the final sector, this remains one of the sport’s most physical tests with drivers often shedding 4 to 8 pounds over the two-hour race.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Not to mention Piastri’s overtake on Norris last year at Monza into the second chicane.
    Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The angle this line makes to the ecliptic plane, which is the plane of the solar system in which all the planets orbit, is the obliquity.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • So how do obliquity variations affect the seasons on a planet?
    Gongjie Li, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • That sense of fraudulence seeped into other areas of her life, beyond pageantry.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • If fraudulence signals are shared across departments, a candidate who bypassed one check could be caught by another.
    Casey Marquette, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Mountebankery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountebankery. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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