Meaning of supercherie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Foul play; an attack made by deceit.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“it is a Superchiery,[…] as being wel armed, to charge a man who hath but a piece of a sword, or being sound⟳ and strong, to set⟳ upon a man sore hurt⟳.”

“We[…]should certainly deny⟳ to any teacher of morals, in any age, who resorted to such ‘supercherie’ and charlatanism, any very high place⟳ among the instructors and benefactors of mankind.”

“According to France's foreign minister, the British foreign secretary is guilty of perpetrating a supercherie.”

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