as in frauds
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 quacks
But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
—PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
As experts departed, quacks arrived.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Medallion’s Derek Lo figures that his software can cut through the system’s redundancies, slashing the time and cost of paperwork designed to prevent quacks from practicing medicine and safeguard patients that’s spiraled into something burdensome.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
—PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
As experts departed, quacks arrived.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Medallion’s Derek Lo figures that his software can cut through the system’s redundancies, slashing the time and cost of paperwork designed to prevent quacks from practicing medicine and safeguard patients that’s spiraled into something burdensome.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quacks
Noun
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Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Notice how these two Third World frauds are in federal custody, not state.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Today, the same fakes can be flagged using AI developed by a company called N2N Services, said Claudia Lee, Golden West College’s vice president of student services.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Morrisseau’s work, in particular, was the focus of what is believed to be the largest forgery ring of all time, in which several thousand fakes were illegitimately authenticated and sold around the world.—
Benjamin Cannon,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Week 10 kicked off the month with several examples of contenders and pretenders revealing themselves.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Week 9 of the college football season separated some contenders from pretenders.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
19 Dec. 2025
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The shams zip completely closed, so there’s no shifting or falling out of the case.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Dec. 2025
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This brand also offers a variety of contrasting shams, extra monograms, and even matching duvet covers.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Quacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quacks. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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