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- Dictionarycharlatan/ˈʃɑːlət(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill: "a self-confessed con artist and charlatan"
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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 shyste... Wikipedia