pranksters

Definition of prankstersnext
plural of prankster

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Noun
  • Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to the Federal Trade Commission, imposters posing as government agencies were one of the top reported scams in the Arizona, costing consumers more than $20 million in 2025.
    Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And when stuck in this uncomfortable space, people who feel like impostors are likely to become defensive and feel pressured to be a hero.
    John M. LaVelle, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • To tell the truly venomous from the fakers, there are a couple details to help distinguish the two.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This one even has two separate teasers.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then followed a couple Grammy Awards teasers involving a mysterious VHS tape, and a ‘90s pop-up at MIT.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous.
    David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Pranksters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pranksters. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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