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
Milla — a young woman who feels disillusioned by doctors that treat her like a recalcitrant child, directing even conversations about her treatment to her father instead of her — finds false security in quacks selling enemas and juice cleanses.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump’s Insane Clown Posse Cabinet is very close to being filled with a cadre of fools and quacks, goons and thugs.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
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
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump’s Insane Clown Posse Cabinet is very close to being filled with a cadre of fools and quacks, goons and thugs.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quack
Noun
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Southeast Asia has become a global epicenter of cyber scams, where high-tech fraud meets human trafficking.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 July 2025
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Always Active These Cookies and SDKs are required for Service functionality, including security and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Polk broke running right to left through the end zone, and Maye spotted him after executing a play-action fake.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
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The Gilded Age rarely uses artificial florals, but the outsize volume required for this scene, plus the multiday nature of the shoot, meant that a larger-than-normal percentage of the flowers were fakes.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The election has been dismissed by Western governments as a sham to entrench the generals’ power and is expected to be dominated by proxies of the military, with opposition groups either barred from running or refusing to take part.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Clara Clark 5-Piece Lightweight Queen Quilt Set This lightweight set includes a reversible queen-size quilt, two full-size pillow shams, one square euro pillow sham, and one rectangular euro pillow sham that together create visual cohesion.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 July 2025
Noun
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In the ensuing decade, the Yankees have cycled through at least 18 pretenders to Jeter's legacy.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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King portrays Prince John, younger brother to Richard, son of King Henry, and a dangerous pretender to the throne.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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Where to watch Saw: Amazon Prime Video (to rent) 03 of 10 Saw X (2023) John Kramer ventures to Mexico for an experimental cancer treatment administered by money-hungry charlatans in this slick but not particularly inventive revival sequel, which takes place between the events of Saw and Saw II.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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Caricatured by Honoré Daumier and his lesser followers always as a mountebank, a charlatan, a circus clown, Louis Napoleon could normalize the extent of his outrages by the seeming harmlessness of his absurdities.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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With tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the mountebank of Mar-A-Lago wants to punish a small democracy of 5.3 million people that for the past 60 years has worked its way into the top table of drug research and production: Ireland.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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The warning came after the department discovered that an impostor posing as Rubio had attempted to reach out to at least three foreign ministers, a U.S. senator and a governor, according to the July 3 cable, which was first reported by the Washington Post.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Driving the news: Investment and impostor scams took the biggest financial tolls last year, the FTC says, with consumers losing $5.7 billion and nearly $3 billion to each, respectively.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Quack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quack. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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