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dupery

noun

1 dupery

Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on.

is a specific kind of: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile.

is a broader term that covers: goldbrick.

derivation: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg | humbug | deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent.

Dutch: oplichterij, hoax, fraude, geknoei, gerommel, gesjoemel, knoeierij

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