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mountebankery

noun

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  1. chicanery
  2. subterfuge
  3. trickery
  4. lying
  5. swindling
  6. skulduggery
  7. chicane
  8. obliquity
Noun
  • Some felt that Ballmer was too smart to be involved in this sort of chicanery.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This chicanery is the reason that many secure email services simply don't display images by default.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of chicanery
Noun
  • This subterfuge makes sense, since what these people reveal implicates their superiors.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The cover art sets it up perfectly, a dreamlike subterfuge that transforms the Villarreals into mythological Greek heroines.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • Carolina also tried some trickery, putting starting wide receiver Jalen Coker back for punt returns.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Hackers have long used trickery to bait users into installing malware or giving up their passwords.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of trickery
Noun
  • Blatant, in-your-face lying, cheating and stealing is the norm.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Melanie’s sister, Steph, begged Melanie to leave Sincere because of his compulsive lying and shady behavior.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of lying
Noun
  • Her lawyers, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Marcello Bana, have denied there was a case of grand larceny, which would include fraud and swindling.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of swindling
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  • International skullduggery in this case concerned the retrieving of two nuclear warheads from a treacherous Caribbean dictatorship.
    — Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There are no federal protections against this skullduggery, and only 10 states have enacted dedicated statutes to combat the problem, according to Equity Protect.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of skulduggery
Noun
  • This Turn 5 and Turn 6 chicane, though, could prove to be a tricky part of the lap.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of chicane
Noun
  • Dedication sifts through the turmoil and joy of Mirah’s life with an intimacy rarely obscured by obliquity or metaphor.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Until now, it was thought that Earth's stable obliquity was maintained by the presence of our moon.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Definition of obliquity
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“Mountebankery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountebankery. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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