1. deceived or cheated by a charlatan or fraud
Usage: archaic; rare

Examples

• The villagers were mountebanked by the traveling medicine man.
• She felt mountebanked after discovering the fake investment scheme.
• The crowd had been mountebanked by his elaborate tricks.
• Many were mountebanked by the false prophet’s claims.
• The tourists were easily mountebanked by the street performer’s scam.