dupery
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • Syn: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on • Derivationally related forms: put on (for: put-on), humbug (for: humbug), hoax (for: hoax), dupe, fraudulent (for: fraudulence) • Hypernyms: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan • Hyponyms: goldbrick
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