dupery

dup·er·y

D0428600 (do͞o′pə-rē, dyo͞o′-)n. pl. dup·er·ies The act of duping or the condition of having been duped.

dup•er•y

(ˈdu pə ri, ˈdyu-)

n., pl. -er•ies. 1. the act or practice of duping. 2. the state of being duped. [1750–60; < French duperie]

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dupery - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagehoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulencechicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Dupery

See also GullibilityBlake, Franklindoped with laudanum, he is an unconscious accessory to the theft of the moonstone. [Br. Lit.: The Moon-stone in Magill I, 263]Bobchinsky and Dobchinskytown squires bamboozled by inspector-impostor. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]Buonafedetricked into financing and approving daughters’ marriages. [Ger. Opera: Haydn, The World of the Moon, Westerman, 68–69]Calandrinoduped by friends into believing heliotrope confers invisibility. [It. Lit.: Decameron, “Calandrino and the Heliotrope”]Dapperlawyer’s clerk; swindled into believing himself perfect gambler. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist]Drugger, Abelcozened by rogues in hopes of future riches. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist]Fenellamute beauty tricked, imprisoned, and abandoned by Alfonso. [Fr. Opera: Auber, Dumb Girl of Portici, Westerman, 163–164]Iagodupes Othello, Cassio, et al. [Br. Lit.: Othello]Matthew, Master“the town gull.” [Br. Lit.: Every Man in His Humour]Pelleasused by Ettarre; betrayed by Gawain. [Br. Lit.: Idylls of the King, “Pelleas and Ettarre”]Roderigofoppish dupe and tool of Iago. [Br. Lit.: Othello]Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, Anton Antonovichprefect kowtows to supposed inspector for good impression. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]

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noun something intended to deceive

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