as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it
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Recent Examples of fakery
Now Claude knew that Claude had a propensity for fakery.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What would be the point of them doing obvious fakery?
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Texas politics, no stranger to dirty tricks, now heads into a hypercharged 2026 election season with few rules governing artificial intelligence, as cheap, realistic tools have made campaign fakery easier to create and harder to detect.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
At a moment in history when politicians shamelessly promote conspiracies using AI fakery as evidence, the film is on point in its depiction of media manipulation.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Well, in some ways a lot of Dylan’s fakery of his own bio has always been very amusing.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Forgeries, hoaxes, and other types of literary fakery have preoccupied Havens, a rare books and manuscripts curator at the university’s Stern Center for the History of the Book, for many years now.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The fakery made the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 significantly worse in Greece.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What would be the point of them doing obvious fakery?
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Texas politics, no stranger to dirty tricks, now heads into a hypercharged 2026 election season with few rules governing artificial intelligence, as cheap, realistic tools have made campaign fakery easier to create and harder to detect.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
At a moment in history when politicians shamelessly promote conspiracies using AI fakery as evidence, the film is on point in its depiction of media manipulation.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Well, in some ways a lot of Dylan’s fakery of his own bio has always been very amusing.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Forgeries, hoaxes, and other types of literary fakery have preoccupied Havens, a rare books and manuscripts curator at the university’s Stern Center for the History of the Book, for many years now.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The fakery made the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 significantly worse in Greece.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fakery
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Comte’s feature directorial debut follows Quebec teenager Antoine, who travels to Ghana for a showdown with Kojo, a local gang member, amid an escalating game of deception.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Portage case is different, as the subcontractor and his co-conspirators are accused of deception in their failure to deliver the televisions to warehouses.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Such deceit is incompatible with public service.—
Diana Paulsen,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2026
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But Prosecutor Ben Ladinig argued any grains of authenticity in Haobsh's life were far outweighed by deceit.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This latest news comes just a few weeks after Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime Networks and the former president of Showtime Sports, accusing the company of helping facilitate a fraud scheme that deprived him of roughly $340 million in earnings.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The complaint notes that since 2023, five former executive officers have been indicted on federal charges including embezzlement, conspiracy, coercion, insurance fraud and related crimes.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Through punches and pummeling, cheating and cursing, their bond remained (mostly) intact.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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The pandemic had pushed many educators into burnout, but where others saw artificial intelligence as a threat—a technology that facilitated student cheating—Roberts saw a tool to help her survive.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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Perfidy — from the French perfidie via the Latin perfidia — means deceitfulness, treachery or a breach of faith or promise.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Holding viewers by the throat for a handful of strong beats, even as the script slips through the entire cast’s fingers, the devilish actor sells Besson’s interpretation on charisma and cunning.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
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Strategy and cunning or physicality and grace?—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fakery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fakery. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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