Il se dit des ruses, des artifices, des tromperies de charlatan.
ETYM Prob. from hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.
1. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; charlatanism.