as in frauds
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar
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as in fools
to cause to believe what is untrue
humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being
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“Humbugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humbugs. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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