snake oil salesman
noun[C]
disapprovingukussomeone whodeceivespeopleinorderto getmoneyfrom them:
He wasdubbeda "moderndaysnakeoilsalesman" after herippedoff thousands ofinternetcustomers.
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snake oil salesman
By extension, asnakeoilsalesmanis someone who knowingly sells fraudulent goods or who is himself or herself a fraud, quack, charlatan, and the like.
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It does not need them to offer the techniques of thesnakeoilsalesmanor smoke and mirrors.
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What did asnakeoilsalesmando to him in the past that makes him dislike them so?
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We have had the politics of thesnakeoilsalesmanand nothing of new politics.
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We are talking about substances which, in high concentrations, may well be poisonous, and substances for which claims are made that would make the averagesnakeoilsalesmanblush.
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We are being sold snake oil by snake oil salesmen who want to perpetuate their hold on power only by rigging the system.
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