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dupery
[doo-puh-ree, dyoo-] 
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deception
[dih-sep-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misleading; being dishonest |
| Synonyms: | beguilement, betrayal, blarney, boondoggle, cheat, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, defraudation, dirt, disinformation, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, equivocation, falsehood, fast one, flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hokum, hypocrisy, imposition, insincerity, juggling, legerdemain, lying, mendacity, pretense, prevarication, snow job, sophism, treachery, treason, trickery, trickiness, trumpery, untruth |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty, honor, openness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness |
| Main Entry: | trickery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, joke |
| Synonyms: | bait and switch, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, dupery, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraud, funny business, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, razzle-dazzle, scam, sharp practice, shell game, shenanigans*, snow job, sting*, stunt, swindling, underhandedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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