All mountebank synonyms

noun mountebank

• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
• trickster — a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
• con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
• quack — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
• huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
• fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
• grifter — a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
• imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
• swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.