dupery
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.dup·ery
noun \ˈdü-pə-rē also ˈdyü-\ plural dup·er·ies
Definition of DUPERY
1
: the condition of being duped
2
: the act or practice of duping
Examples of DUPERY
- <accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business>
First Known Use of DUPERY
1759
Related to DUPERY
- Synonyms
- artifice, cheating, cozenage, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, deceit, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guile, guilefulness, wiliness
- Antonyms
- artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity
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