Definitions

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

Eventually he came to the conclusion that the Republic was mere dupery.

From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

We ought to understand that this seeming cloudfield was once a reality; that not poetic allegory, least of all that dupery and deception was the origin of it.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

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

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

dupery

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