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dupery

[doo-puh-ree, dyoo-] / ˈdu pə ri, ˈdyu- /
NOUN
deception
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betrayal deceit disinformation duplicity falsehood fraud hypocrisy lying mendacity treachery trickery untruth
STRONG
artifice beguilement blarney cheat circumvention cozenage craftiness cunning deceitfulness deceptiveness dissimulation double-dealing equivocation flimflam fraudulence guile hokum imposition insincerity juggling legerdemain pretense prevarication sophism treason trickiness trumpery
WEAK
defraudation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
faithfulness forthrightness honesty loyalty sincerity truth
STRONG
openness
WEAK
frankness honor trustworthiness truthfulness uprightness
NOUN
fraud
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blackmail deceit extortion graft hoax misrepresentation scam
STRONG
artifice barratry cheat chicane chicanery con craft double-dealing duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke song spuriousness sting swindle treachery
WEAK
bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky hoodwinking sharp practice song and dance swindling
Antonyms
STRONG
artlessness entertainment forthrightness frankness honesty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness
WEAK
fairness justice
NOUN
trickery
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chicanery deceit dishonesty razzle-dazzle scam shell game stunt
STRONG
cheat cheating chicane con dodge double-dealing flimflam fraud guile hoax imposture pretense quackery shenanigans sting
WEAK
bait and switch double cross fast shuffle fourberie funny business sharp practice snow job swindling underhandedness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frankness honesty openness truthfulness
STRONG
reality truth

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

Egoist agony wrung the outcry from him that dupery is a more blessed condition.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

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

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 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