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
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
That these things are in contemplation, I have no doubt; nor can I be confident of their failure, after the dupery of which our countrymen have shown themselves susceptible.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
But this event, honourable as it is to the Duke M. de Montmorency, completely disproves the charge of dupery brought against us.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir
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