The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word QUACKERY
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More clues leading to the result QUACKERY
- Doubt about Wapping journalist’s bad treatment?
- Faithful friend concealing Conservative party's latest fraudulence
- Mallard’s sound on English railway – it’s a racket
- Wreck not the first to be flogged in seaside location? Shady practice
- Question about a totally heartless crook in phony business
- Investigation gets acknowledgment of fraudulent practice
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What does QUACKERY mean?
QUACKERY noun- The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
- An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.