huckster
Example Sentences
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Some may see you as a populist savior, but others may be convinced that you’re a huckster, more interested in self-aggrandizement than in actually changing anything.
From New York Times
Buss is one part business man and two parts huckster, over-leveraging his real estate and cash assets to buy a team nobody takes seriously in a league that's lost its relevance.
From Salon
More than that, perhaps we love finding hucksters out.
From Salon
Last year, Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, making his company’s message clear, said that the advertising industry had become an ecosystem of “trackers and hucksters just looking to make a quick buck.”
From New York Times
Ripe for the next huckster that comes along, probably.
From Seattle Times
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