dupery

English

Etymology

dupe +‎ -ery

Noun

dupery (countable and uncountable, plural duperies)

  1. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
    • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 1, in Heroes and Hero Worship:
      Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions.
    • 1930, "Dishonesty,"Time, 17 Feb,
      Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.
    • 2003, Joseph P. Fried, "The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool," New York Times, 21 Dec, p. N51
      Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals.

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References
  • dupery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “dupery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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