charlatan
Sign in to saveAlso known as swindler, mountebank, quack, shyster, faker, sham doctor, fake doctor, quacksalver
thumb|Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757
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It is catalogued under topics including Deception and Pseudoscience.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Field of occupation
- scam
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- female form of label
- šarlatanė
- male form of label
- šarlatanas
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- Commons category
- Quackery
- present in work
- The Pardoner's Tale
- uses
- deception
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thumb|Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757
A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. One example of a charlatan appears in the Canterbury Tales story "The Pardoner's Tale," with the Pardoner who tricks sinners into buying fake religious relics. Synonyms for charlatan include shyster, quack, or faker. Quack is a reference to quackery or the practice of dubious medicine, including the sale of snake oil, or a person who does not have medical training who purports to provide medical services.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “charlatan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.