dupery

[ doo-puh-ree, dyoo- ]

noun

, plural dup·er·ies

1. an act, practice, or instance of duping. dupe.
2. the state of one who is duped. dupe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dupery¹

From the French word duperie, dating back to 1750–60. See dupe ¹, -ery

Example Sentences

Anne Marie Schubert, who helped organize and lead a task force that uncovered the alleged dupery.

From Los Angeles Times

In this manner he thrives, and, so long as he remains in the country of his birth his wants are anxiously supplied by the victims of his mother’s dupery.

From Project Gutenberg

Dupery for dupery, what proof is there that dupery through hope is so much worse than dupery through fear?

From Project Gutenberg

The character of the nation will become, like its swords, at once bright, sharp, and solid; the reign of corruption is gone already, the reign of dupery cannot long survive.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• betrayal
• deceit
• disinformation
• duplicity
• falsehood
• fraud
• hypocrisy
• lying
• mendacity
• treachery
• trickery
• untruth