charlatan
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He was, Mr. Keefe writes, “a charlatan who had just declared bankruptcy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The sentencing judge found that Peters was motivated by vanity and personal aggrandizement rather than genuine concern for election integrity, describing her as a charlatan who used her former position to peddle disproven claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
And that is alarming, because Kennedy is a charlatan who opposes evidence-based medicine and promotes discredited quackery.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025
Passing sentence Judge Geoffery Baker QC described Saeed as a "charlatan", who had carried out a deception that had been "cunningly contrived, skilfully executed, and brazenly maintained over three decades".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
Every few centuries, some charlatan, some crawling, vicious soul, would try to get close to the Glimourie Tree—to steal it, to take it for their own.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Other charlatans have tried to take advantage of those desperate to get on the sponsored list, which was made public two weeks ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
TikTok, for instance, is awash in medical disinformation, people claiming to be haunted by demons, and charlatans offering psychic readings through the computer.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
The series toes a delicate line, showing why alternative remedies can be so appealing to patients frustrated with traditional medicine, but also illustrating how dangerous charlatans are willing to exploit that desperation for personal gain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Parapsychology Interest in parapsychology is very old, yet the simple fact is that there have been no repeatable studies which have demonstrated its existence, Uri Geller and other charlatans notwithstanding.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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