quacksalver

noun

ˈkwak-ˌsal-vər How to pronounce quacksalver (audio)
Definition of quacksalvernext
as in fraud
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise the medical impostors on the information superhighway are no more scrupulous than earlier quacksalvers who traveled along the streets of towns and villages

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  1. fraud
  2. fake
  3. sham
  4. pretender
  5. quack
  6. impostor
Noun
  • July 29 - Protests break out in several Venezuelan cities after Nicolas Maduro is formally declared the winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud.
    CNN, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Witkoff testified in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud suit against Trump in November 2023 and spoke at the Republican National Convention in July.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fraud
Noun
  • After a play-action fake, Jared Goff rolled out right and found Sam LaPorta for a 20-yard touchdown.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • These worries extend beyond potential deep fakes and foreign intervention, which have dominated recent news coverage.
    Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fake
Noun
  • Vought said that independent agencies and unelected bureaucrats and experts wield far too much power while the traditional legislative process is a sham.
    Molly Redden, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The set also comes in a matching duvet cover and shams.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of sham
Noun
  • Other pretender brands like Stellantis’s DS, and Hyundai’s Genesis look to be fighting a losing battle.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Those few Knights of the Round Table who remain are third-tier heroes, clinging to a past that is already washing out to sea, while various pretenders to the throne vye for power.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • Her favorite recording reminded me of a duck’s quack.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Witness the presidential campaign of anti-vaccine crackpot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the dangerous attack on medical science by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his quack henchman, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Definition of quack
Noun
  • While that may have been the case, the country’s oligarchs have unwittingly turned this volatile impostor into a folk hero whose power may not diminish even outside the chancellor’s sphere of influence.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The only people who never feel like impostors are the real impostors.
    Melody Wilding, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of impostor
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