dupery
dupery noun: the act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
Noun
dupery (countable and uncountable, plural duperies)
- 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
dupery meaning in Hindi and Tamil
dupery in Hindi
- dupery
- दग़ा daġā
dupery in Tamil
- ஏய்ப்பு
Synonyms of dupery
Forms of dupery
| plural | duperies |
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Origin of dupery
From dupe + -ery.
Questions about dupery
- What does dupery mean?
- Dupery means the act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
- What is dupery in Hindi?
- Dupery in Hindi is दग़ा (daġā). See Dupery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dupery?
- Dupery is a noun.
- What is the plural of dupery?
- The plural of dupery is duperies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dupery (page history and authors); दग़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); dupery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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