dupery

Example Sentences

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It could be a game of dupery, with neither side trusting the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

The arts of cheatery were long held to be facetious; most of the “Merrie Jests” consist of stultifying fools, or are sharping tricks, practised on the simple children of dupery.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

But the fact that they were not due to any external dupery didn't make them a bit pleasanter to see.

From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Wharton, Edith

The whole displays a complete system of dupery, and the agents were graduated.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac