Dictionary

dupery en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin upupader. Vulgar Latin ūppader. Old French huppeder. Middle French duppe French duperbor. English dupe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English dupery From dupe + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
   • Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions. 1840, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 1, in Heroes and Hero Worship:
   • Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire. 1930 February 17, “Dishonesty”, in Time:
   • Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. 2003 December 21, Joseph P. Fried, “The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool”, in New York Times, page N51:

Forms

Relateds

dupe

Synonyms

trickery · deception