charlatans in English

noun

1

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.

Take the case of the charlatan who claims to transmit thoughts at a distance.

synonyms: quack, sham, fraud, fake, impostor, hoaxer, cheat, deceiver, double-dealer, swindler, fraudster, mountebank, phony, shark, con man, con artist, scam artist, flimflammer, bunco artist, snake oil salesman, confidence man/woman

noun

• quack, sham, fraud, fake, impostor, hoaxer, cheat, deceiver, double-dealer, swindler, fraudster, mountebank, phony, shark, con man, con artist, scam artist, flimflammer, bunco artist, snake oil salesman, confidence man/woman
• mountebank

Use "charlatans" in a sentence

1. “Call at the top of your voice,” Elijah urged those charlatans.

2. Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct

3. The promise of utopia has attracted the attentions of both charlatans and serious scientists.

4. Billions of dollars are spent every year, all over the globe, on these charlatans.

5. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.

6. 29 The Charlatans know this. With their inbuilt Brit arrogance, they are avoiding the back-breaking circuit slog.

7. Beware of Charlatans who try to sell you access to the fountain of youth or to a …

8. Previously, most "Aurists" were widely considered to be charlatans who practiced unscientifically and often unscrupulously

9. Previously, most "Aurists" were widely considered to be charlatans who practiced unscientifically and often unscrupulously

10. 11 The lack of anonymity meant that charlatans and tricksters could rarely get away with their deceptions for long.

11. Note that those who were cured by Jesus were not carefully singled out from the crowd —a trick employed by charlatans.

12. They did so in order to distinguish themselves from charlatans and quacks who purvey anti-aging products and treatments that are ineffective and sometimes harmful.

13. 1 Abilities and Powers 2 History 2.1 Post-Slaughterhouse Nine 3 Chapter Appearances 4 Trivia 5 References 6 Site Navigation Charlatans presumably had powers similar to Trickster, possibly

14. As the cast of charlatans and Chicaners grow, Brown gets the knives out, taking the legs out from under the Maharishi, The Fool, the ridiculous Magic Alex, and, of course, Yoko Ono

15. Charlatan (plural Charlatans) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol I, ch

16. And they have given no right to any of the charlatans swaggering on the national political landscape as their leaders to play with their lives and destinies, as are these Chicaners doing over these times