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dupery

[doo-puh-ree, dyoo-]

noun, plural -er·ies for 1.

an act, practice, or instance of duping.

the state of one who is duped.

Origin:
1750–60; < French duperie. See dupe¹, -ery

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dupe (djuːp)

—n
1.	a person who is easily deceived
2.	a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power

—vb
3.	(tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool

[C17: from French, from Old French duppe, contraction of de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity]

'dupable

—*adj*

dupa'bility

—n

'duper

—n

'dupery

—n

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