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Noun
en-noun|quacker|ies|-

1. context|law|medicine|uncountable The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
2. countable An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Quotations
1772: Edmund Burke, editor|ed, The Annual Register
:His intentions were admirable, and his quackery had in view the public good; [...]

Related terms
quack

Translations
trans-top|the practice of fraudulent medicine
Chinese (traditional): 庸����, 庸���� (y�ngyī de yīshù)
Dutch: kwakzalverij f
French: charlatanisme m
German: Quacksalberei f
Greek: αγ���ία (agyrtía) f
Italian: frode medica f
Japanese: ��� (������, niseiry�)
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Korean: ��리 �� (eongteori chiryo)
Latin: pharmacopolia f
Polish: znachor m
Russian: меди�ин�кое о�ков�и�а�ел���во (meditsínskoje o�kovtirátelstvo) n, о�ков�и�а�ел���во здо�ов�� (o�kovtirátelstvo zdoróv�ja) n
Spanish: curandería f, curanderismo m
Swedish: kvacksalveri c
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See also
fraud

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