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English

Etymology

dupe +? -ery

Noun

dupery (countable and uncountable, plural duperies)

1. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
   • 1930, "Dishonesty,"Time, 17 Feb,

     Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.

   • 2003, Joseph P. Fried, "The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool," New York Times, 21 Dec, p. N51

     Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals.

Synonyms

• deception
• trickery

Related terms

• dupe

References

• dupery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “dupery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• Duprey

English

Etymology

From dupe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?p?(?)

Noun

duper (plural dupers)

1. a person who dupes another

Anagrams

• Dupre, Prude, drupe, perdu, prude, pured, red up, red-up

French

Etymology

From Middle French duppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.pe/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /dzy.pe/

Verb

duper

1. to trick, fool, dupe

Conjugation

Descendants

• German: düpieren

Further reading

• “duper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• drupe, perdu