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fake, faker, fakir, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
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The other is the word being hijacked by entrepreneurs, quacks, and charlatans to sell a bogus treatment that allegedly detoxifies your body of toxins you’re supposed to have accumulated. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "Detox Diets Aren't Real or Healthy — and Body "Toxins" Don't Exist," 1 Jan. 2019 Some people wonder: why did so many bright young Japanese fall for such an obvious charlatan? — The Economist, "On the hanging of Shoko Asahara, Japan’s nerve-gas guru," 12 July 2018 But where some see an advocate, many others — particularly white people in town — see a charlatan. — New York Times, "From Fighting Injustice to Facing Death Row: The Bizarre Case of Pastor Glasgow," 7 July 2018 Still, none of West’s previous actions have elicited as much furor as his recent support of Donald Trump, his assertion that four centuries of slavery sounded like a choice—by the enslaved, or his cozying up to right-wing charlatans. — Julian Kimble, GQ, "So Appalled: Kanye West Fans Debate What to Do with All that Yeezy Merch," 22 June 2018 Florida is using nearly $1 billion of your tax dollars to teach kids in voucher schools fake science and distorted history — all because uneducated charlatans have figured out how to intimidate state legislators. — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Florida must stop paying $1 billion a year to 'educate' children in fringe religious nonsense," 9 June 2018 These Christians have fallen for a cut-rate King David, a charlatan Solomon, a false prophet. — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, "What’s Next for Evangelicalism?," 7 June 2018 Reb Berish had many times made up his mind not to have any more conversations with his boarder, the charlatan who had gone through hell and remained no good. — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, "The Boarder," 30 Apr. 2018 Much of that has to do with him pledging allegiance to the same party that would elect a real estate charlatan who can't even be trusted to proofread his own tweets. — Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, "OPINION: Isn't It Time For Ben Carson To Go Back To Medicine?," 21 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'charlatan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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