as in fraud
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
don't bother to see that guy, as I've heard he's a quack with no actual training
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Recent Examples of quack
In the 1920s, a quack named John Brinkley became a household name by implanting goat testicles into the bodies of patients complaining of infertility and impotence.
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David Klepper, Fortune Well, 31 Jan. 2024
Michael Hiltzik: Meet the most dangerous quack in America.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
But in Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ quack surgeon general, is doing precisely that.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
The hens of many dabbling species make shrill quacks, while drakes make softer peeps and whistles.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
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David Klepper, Fortune Well, 31 Jan. 2024
Michael Hiltzik: Meet the most dangerous quack in America.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
But in Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ quack surgeon general, is doing precisely that.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
The hens of many dabbling species make shrill quacks, while drakes make softer peeps and whistles.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quack
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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
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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
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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
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These worries extend beyond potential deep fakes and foreign intervention, which have dominated recent news coverage.Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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The set also comes in a matching duvet cover and shams.Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Other pretender brands like Stellantis’s DS, and Hyundai’s Genesis look to be fighting a losing battle.Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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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
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But in Wicked, he's elevated to an even more sinister place — not merely a charlatan, but a fraud who has seized power and wants to use the magic of others to create a totalitarian world that answers to his every whim.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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One exception is Cotton Marcus, the charlatan at the center of The Last Exorcism.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
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Now, this pallid Color Purple epitomizes the artistic dearth of an era when a cultural mountebank like Winfrey uses race and feminist guile to cheat us of America’s most creative achievements.Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
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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
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The only people who never feel like impostors are the real impostors.Melody Wilding, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Quack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quack. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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