dupery

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Synonyms 1.2 References

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

dupery (plural duperies)

1. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

[edit] Quotations

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• 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, ch 1,

  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.

[edit] Related terms

• dupe

[edit] Synonyms

• deception
• trickery

[edit] References

• dupery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “dupery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.