dupery (Meaning)
dupery (n)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
dupery (n.)
The act or practice of duping.
Synonyms & Antonyms of dupery
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- skullduggery
- underhandedness
- trickery
- chicane
- sanctimoniousness
- artifice
- prevarication
- chicanery
- legerdemain
- skulduggery
- mountebankery
- artfulness
- falsehood
- wile
- smoothness
- swindling
- unscrupulousness
- hypocrisy
- shrewdness
- jugglery
- insincerity
- covertness
- treacherousness
- shiftiness
- subterfuge
- mendacity
- furtiveness
- obliquity
- fib
- equivocation
- foxiness
- cageyness
- stealthiness
- slyness
- falsity
- fraudulence
- hanky-panky
- caginess
- deviousness
- untruth
Antonyms:
- righteousness
- integrity
- candidness
- dependability
- truthfulness
- uprightness
- goodness
- dependability
- truthfulness
- reliableness
- trustiness
- reliableness
- probity
- decency
- goodness
- incorruptibility
- trustiness
- plainspokenness
- incorruptibility
- solidity
- trustworthiness
- righteousness
- decency
- uprightness
- plainspokenness
- solidity
- trustworthiness
- candidness
- probity
- integrity
FAQs About the word dupery
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantageThe act or practice of duping.
deceitfulness, lying, cheating, deceit, deceptiveness,deception, cunning, fraud, dissembling, secrecy
good faith, sincerity, sincerity,good faith, directness, openness,artlessness, openness, frankness, candor
The politician's promises were merely dupery to gain votes.
His cunning dupery led unsuspecting investors to lose their life savings.
The false claims made in the advertisements were a clear attempt at dupery.
The dupery of the snake oil salesman was exposed when the product failed to live up to its promises.
