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charlatanism (shar luh TUH nish uhm) (s) (noun), charlatanisms (pl)
A deception or scheme used to swindle, to deceive, or to cheat others: The charlatanism of the physician resulted in more people suffering than being healed of their illnesses.

The financial advisor used a significant number of charlatanisms to get people to make useless investments that made him wealthy but caused many to lose great amounts of money.

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