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Meaning of dupery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions.”
“Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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