English noun: dupery | |||
1. | dupery (act) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | ||
Synonyms | fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | goldbrick | ||