Snake-oil

Quick meaning: Snake-oil is a verb meaning (informal, transitive) To dupe or con.

Meaning

(informal, transitive) To dupe or con.

Example Sentences

And this is particularly so for many of our women students who have been hustled and snake-oiled to deny the validity of their intellects.

Before she had a chance to deal with her hangover, he was on the phone snake-oiling her into the first of what would be many ill-fated fraud cases.

Word Forms

• snake-oils
• snake-oiling
• snake-oiled

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