Fraud
Tartuffe
Tartuffe noun - A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
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By the time he realizes Tartuffe is a fraud, he's given the man the deed to his estate.
Source: Theatre / Tartuffe -
Everyone else (save for Orgon's mother) can see right through the ruse and try desperately to make Orgon see Tartuffe for the fraud he is — especially when Orgon disinherits his son in Tartuffe's favor and attempts to make his daughter jilt her eligible suitor to marry the hypocrite.
Source: Theatre / Tartuffe
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