humbugg

Example:The snake-oil salesman was a notorious humbugg, pretending to have miracle cures for every ailment.

Definition:An impudent swindler; a fraud; a cheat, especially one using quackery or trickery to deceive others

Example:The book exposed many superstition humbugs that people believed in.

Definition:A belief in or claim about superstition that is false or misleading, especially when intended to deceive others.

Example:The new health trend was just a quackery humbugg, with no proven benefits.

Definition:A false claim or treatment designed to deceive by pretending to be a cure or remedy for a disease, especially in medicine.

Example:The claims made by the new supplement were a classic case of pseudo-scientific humbugg.

Definition:A false claim or belief using scientific jargon to appear more legitimate and credible than it is, often to deceive or manipulate.