Synonyms for dupery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : doo-puh-ree, dyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdu pə ri, ˈdyu- |
Top 10 synonyms for dupery Other synonyms for the word dupery
- artifice
- bait and switch
- bamboozlement
- barratry
- beguilement
- blarney
- boondoggle
- cheat
- cheating
- chicane
- circumvention
- con
- cozenage
- craft
- craftiness
- cunning
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
- defraudation
- dirt
- dissimulation
- dodge
- double-cross
- double-dealing
- dupery
- duping
- equivocation
- fake
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- funny business
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hokum
- hoodwinking
- hustle
- hypocrisy
- imposition
- imposture
- insincerity
- juggling
- legerdemain
- line
- lying
- mendacity
- misrepresentation
- pretense
- prevarication
- quackery
- racket
- razzle-dazzle
- scam
- sell
- shakedown
- sham
- sharp practice
- shell game
- shenanigans
- skunk
- smoke
- snow job
- song
- song and dance
- sophism
- spuriousness
- sting
- string
- stunt
- swindle
- swindling
- treachery
- treason
- trickery
- trickiness
- trumpery
- underhandedness
- untruth
Définition of dupery
- As in trickery : noun deception, joke
- As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
- As in fraud : noun trickery, deception
- And between ourselves what dupery there is in science, how it narrows our horizon!
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- People like to be plundered in company; dupery then grows into the spirit of party.
- Extract from : « Tomlinsoniana » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- His Eminence the Cardinal Savelli was angry enough at the dupery which had been practised on him.
- Extract from : « A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2) » by T. Adolphus Trollope
- Fleetwood's wrath with his position warned him against the dupery of any such alcove thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- He would surely be credited with the dupery, and he now reckoned his time for activity short.
- Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions
- He attributed the dupery to a trick of imposing the idea of her virtue upon men.
- Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
- The whole displays a complete system of dupery, and the agents were graduated.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli
Antonyms for dupery
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