Farsante in english
Phony
pronunciation: foʊni part of speech: adjective, noun
pronunciation: foʊni part of speech: adjective, noun
In gestures
farsante = charlatan ; con artist ; con man ; humbug ; fabricator ; fraud ; fraudster ; hoaxer ; hoaxster ; scam artist ; chiseller [chiseler, -USA] ; bluffer ; bullshit artist ; bullshitter ; piss artist ; grifter ; defrauder ; hustler.
Example: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.Example: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.Example: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.Example: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.Example: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.Example: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.Example: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.Example: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.Example: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.Example: Since rumor has it that they are broke and are primarily scam artists, maybe she is trying to earn an honest buck for a change.Example: Reneging on agreements is not unknown in this business, especially by chisellers who have already tried to screw you.Example: Why are poets such bluffers and prevaricators, such dotards in the face of the bald truth?.Example: But we all know a bullshit artist when we encounter one, and we know the feelings of inauthenticity, falsity, and hollowness the bullshit artist evokes.Example: There are loads of really talented but unqualified people who never get a chance to shine for one reason or another and there are loads of crapsters and bullshitters who land a cushy deal.Example: It frustrates me that in this country artists are seen as tricksters or piss artists, whereas in Europe they're treated as professional people with something useful to offer the world.Example: It's amazing that people follow such grifters and con artist as if they are some sort of preacher of liberty.Example: The business community needs to be protected from such defrauders and crooks.Example: They are a bunch of hustlers, charlatans, and parasites -- they invent the most intricate theories and postulates in order to avoid picking up a shovel and working like ordinary people.