Synonyms of peddled

peddled

verb

past tense of peddle

as in hawked

to sell from place to place usually in small quantities

seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hawked
• distributed
• retailed
• marketed
• wholesaled
• dealt (in)
• vended
• merchandised
• traded (in)
• hustled
• high-pressured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peddled

The protests were widely broadcast on state media, in sharp contrast to Assad’s days, when state television peddled disinformation to discredit them, including claims that the protests were staged from faraway studios in Qatar. — Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

The toxic loans were also packaged and peddled around the world to banks everywhere, resulting in a calamity. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Online sleuths and true-crime commentators following the broadcast trial had peddled conspiracy theories that Patrick Clancy actually killed the children and framed his wife. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

Francis has been the victim of another myth, peddled by Edward Daugherty—Martin’s father. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

This is one truth that never has aligned with the lies peddled by those who hope to turn children’s sports into a battleground. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

For now, this fuzzy discontent has led to a relatively soft populism, peddled by candidates who are promising universal health care and the cancellation of debt, for instance. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

El Sayed peddled the claim that Stevens was bought by corporate interests and Israeli lobbyists, whereas Stevens insisted her primary opponent was benefiting from advertising money spent by the Republican Party. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026