quackery

English

Etymology

quack +‎ -ery

Noun

quackery (countable and uncountable, plural quackeries)

1. (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, ed, The Annual Register

  His intentions were admirable, and his quackery had in view the public good; [...]

Related terms

• quack

Translations

practice

• Armenian: շառլատանություն (hy) (šaṙlatanutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庸醫的醫術／庸医的医术, 庸医的医术 (yōngyī de yīshù)

• Danish: kvaksalveri c
• Dutch: kwakzalverij (nl) f
• Finnish: puoskarointi (fi)
• French: charlatanisme (fr) m
• German: Quacksalberei (de) f
• Greek: αγυρτεία (el) f (agyrteía)
• Icelandic: skottulækningar f pl
• Italian: frode medica f, ciarlataneria f
• Japanese: 偽医療 (にせいりょう, niseiryō)
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• Korean: 엉터리 치료 (eongteori chiryo)
• Latin: pharmacopolia f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvakksalveri n

  Nynorsk: kvakksalveri n

• Polish: szarlataństwo n, znachorstwo n, szarlataneria (pl) f
• Portuguese: curandeirismo m
• Russian: шарлата́нство (ru) n (šarlatánstvo)
• Spanish: curandería f, curanderismo m
• Swedish: kvacksalveri (sv) c
• Welsh: cwacyddiaeth f, crachfeddygaeth f

instance

• Finnish: puoskarointi (fi)
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See also

• fraud
• snake oil