dupery

noun

dup·​ery ˈdü-pə-rē 

 also  ˈdyü-

plural duperies

1

: the condition of being duped

2

: the act or practice of duping

Synonyms

• artifice
• cheating
• cozenage
• craft
• craftiness
• crookedness
• crookery
• cunning
• cunningness
• deceit
• deceitfulness
• deception
• deceptiveness
• dishonesty
• dissembling
• dissimulation
• double-dealing
• duplicity
• fakery
• foxiness
• fraud
• guile
• guilefulness
• wiliness

Examples of dupery in a Sentence

a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1