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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Noun
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Prosecutors charged Kwon in January with nine criminal counts for securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud and money laundering conspiracy.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025 -
Consequences for fraud Under Florida law, disabled parking permits — temporary or permanent — are issued through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) or its authorized agents, including the tax collector’s office.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Shop deals on scalloped duvets and sheets, fringe shams, patchwork quilts, floral sheets, and more.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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The three-piece set includes two 20x26-inch matching pillow shams.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The job in Hong Kong was a fake.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
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Thornhill denied taking the baseball, which was a fake.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As experts departed, quacks arrived.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Is the team a contender, a pretender or rebuilding?—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Now, hardship seems to be an end in itself, a battle scar or badge of honor that distinguishes true backpackers from mere pretenders.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Time,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Beloved actor Ron Perlman fully leans into trying to make the contestants fail this task by forcing eye contact, asking them polite questions, rebuking their bad manners in ignoring him, and even doggedly getting into their personal space.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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The character is often portrayed by white actors in blackface.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
Noun
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When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Of the nearly 90 incidents Noticias Telemundo documented over the past decade, many were scams in which impostors posed as agents peddling fake immigration services for thousands of dollars.—
Anagilmara Vílchez,
NBC news,
25 May 2026
Noun
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The actors are perfectly cast, starting with Marmaï’s likable Antoine, the only player here not being the deceiver.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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The film tells the true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Quacksalver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quacksalver. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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