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dupery

noun

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• Syn: ↑fraud, ↑fraudulence, ↑hoax, ↑humbug, ↑put-on

• Derivationally related forms: ↑put on (for: ↑put-on), ↑humbug (for: ↑humbug), ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑dupe, ↑fraudulent (for: ↑fraudulence)

• Hypernyms: ↑trickery, ↑chicanery, ↑chicane, ↑guile, ↑wile, ↑shenanigan

• Hyponyms: ↑goldbrick

Useful english dictionary. 2012.