Etymology
Origin of dupery
From the French word duperie, dating back to 1750–60. See dupe 1, -ery
Example Sentences
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Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
It could be a game of dupery, with neither side trusting the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
Egoist agony wrung the outcry from him that dupery is a more blessed condition.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
The whole displays a complete system of dupery, and the agents were graduated.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
We ought to understand that this seeming cloud-field was once a reality; that not poetic allegory, least of all that dupery and deception was the origin of it.
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
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