Quacksalver(noun)
kwak-sal-ver
A charlatan, a quack doctor.
Ha ha and don’t we have a fair few of those around currently.
Example sentences
“All these online commercials promising to ‘melt away belly fat’ are offered by quacksalver companies”
“Unless one can produce empirical evidence for holistic therapies, practitioners will always be considered somewhat of a quacksalver. .”

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