"quackery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwak(ə)ri/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-quackery.wav [US] Forms: quackery [singular], quackeries [plural]
Etymology: quack + -ery Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|quack|ery}} quack + -ery Head templates: {{noun|2=quackeries}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Quackery is the practice of dishonest medicine in order to make more money.
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  2. Quackery is the act of practicing dishonest medicine.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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