snake oil
Pronunciation:
noun
Definitions
A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
verb
Definitions
To dupe or con.