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Dupers vs Dupery - What's the difference?

dupers | dupery |

As nouns the difference between dupers and dupery

is that dupers is plural of duper while dupery is the act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

dupers

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    dupery

    English

    Noun

    (duperies)
  • The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
  • *1840 , , Heroes and Hero Worship , ch 1,
  • *:Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions.
  • *1930 , " Dishonesty,"Time , 17 Feb,
  • *:Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.
  • *2003 , Joseph P. Fried, "The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool," New York Times , 21 Dec, p. N51
  • *: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.

    • Related terms

    *dupe

    Synonyms

    *deception *trickery

    References

    * * *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.