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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quacksalver
  1. fraud
  2. fake
  3. sham
  4. pretender
  5. quack
  6. impostor
Noun
  • When Trump’s civil case on financial fraud ramped up in New York City — and through methods that are highly creative (and highly off-the-record) — Brourman finagled a seat with the other courtroom sketch artists, who were not entirely welcoming to this stilettoed upstart in their midst.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Previous installments examined fraud in local governments, police vetting requirements and the water crisis in Kansas.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of fraud
Noun
  • The story was updated to add details from an X employee who calls the screenshot a fake.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In this essay for The Paris Review, Simon Wu recounts his experiences pining after, and eventually buying, six designer handbags: some real, some real but used, and one fake.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Noun
  • The 2018 election was widely considered a sham after his government banned major opposition parties from participating.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and others used this access to delegitimize every part of the proceeding, calling the trial a sham, questioning witnesses’ credibility, and accusing Merchan of bias.
    Richard Robbins, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of sham
Noun
  • Every decision carries weight, and in a league where the line between contender and pretender is razor-thin, there’s little room for error.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The only saving grace for City is that there is no clear pretender to take its place as the top dog in English soccer.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • Amy's every interaction is loaded with dramatic irony, but the audience isn't in a good spot knowing that her teenage daughter actually hates her or that the new chief of internal medicine is a quack who killed a patient.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The nomination to any responsible position of quacks like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo would put her to that test.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of quack
Noun
  • However, Macy's Santa is supposed to be the real Santa, so the department store wanted to cut the famous scene where Buddy finds out about the impostor.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 600,000 reports of impostor schemes, including romance scams, were received by FTC officials this year, with losses exceeding $2.1 billion.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of impostor
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