dupery
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
Cunning, jealousy, perfidy, ingratitude, dupery were the instruments with which he would fashion out a State.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
The arts of cheatery were long held to be facetious; most of the “Merrie Jests” consist of stultifying fools, or are sharping tricks, practised on the simple children of dupery.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
