† hucksterizev.
Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To deal with as a huckster; to adulterate.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate
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1646 S. Bolton Arraignment of Errour 21 There are such who hucsterise the word, adulterate, sophisticate the word.
b. intransitive. To play the huckster.
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > trade in sordid or petty manner
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cauponize1765
1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iv. 75 Hirelings that hucksterize and deal deceitfully about the Word of God.
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