quackery
11quackery — noun a) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud. b) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine. See Also: quack …
12quackery — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. charlatanism, pretense, misrepresentation, imposture; see deception 1 , dishonesty …
13quackery — quack|er|y [ˈkwækəri] n [U] the activities of someone who pretends be a doctor …
14quackery — quack|er|y [ kwækəri ] noun uncount INFORMAL bad medical treatment from doctors who are not good at their job, or from people who cheat other people by pretending to be doctors …
15quackery — quack·er·y || kwækÉ™rɪ n. fraudulence, charlatanism; dishonesty, deceit …
16quackery — n. Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, mummery, imposition, pretension, humbug …
17quackery — noun (U) the activities of someone who pretends to have medical knowledge or skills …
18quackery — n charlatanism, charlatanry, sciolism, humbuggery, humbug; imposture, trickery, chicanery, knavery, fraudulence; deception, cozenage, delusion, fraud, sham; swindle, hoax, U.S. Inf. bunko, defraud ment, misrepresentation; sharping, sharking,… …
19quackery — quack·ery …
20quackery — UK [ˈkwækərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] informal a) bad medical treatment from doctors who are not very good at their job, or from people who cheat other people by pretending to be doctors b) British informal, showing disapproval medical treatment …