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dupery

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dup⋅er⋅y

[doo-puh-ree, dyoo-]
–noun, plural -er⋅ies for 1.
1. an act, practice, or instance of duping.
2. the state of one who is duped.

Origin:
1750–60; < F duperie. See dupe 1 , -ery
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dup·er·y   (dōō'pə-rē, dyōō'-)   
n.   pl. dup·er·ies
The act of duping or the condition of having been duped.
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