char·la·tan·ry \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷rē, -ri\noun alsochar·la·tan·ery\like first, or ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌtan(ə)rē or -ri or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷\; orchar·la·tan·e·rie\like second, or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌtan(ə)ˈrē\ (-es) 1.: the practice of a charlatan : quackery, imposture < a man given to absurd freaks of intellectual charlatanry — P.E.More > 2.: an act or instance of charlatanry