fakery

noun

the act of faking (or the product of faking)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fake

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\\-k(ə)rē, -ri\ noun (-es)

Etymology: fake (III) + -ery

: the practice or a product of faking

this, according to insurance men, was something unique in fakery — Henry La Cossitt

were persuaded that the bells were not cast-iron fakeries only after sledgehammers failed to crack them — Time

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/fay"keuh ree/, n., pl. fakeries.

the practice or result of faking.

[1885-90; FAKE¹ + -ERY]

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fakˈery noun

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Main Entry: ↑fake

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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fakery — index false pretense Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fakery — fake ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not genuine; counterfeit. ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that is not genuine. ► VERB 1) forge or counterfeit. 2) pretend to feel or suffer from (an emotion or illness). DERIVATIVES faker noun … English terms dictionary
fakery — noun see fake V … New Collegiate Dictionary
fakery — /fay keuh ree/, n., pl. fakeries. the practice or result of faking. [1885 90; FAKE1 + ERY] * * * … Universalium
fakery — noun A fraud or forgery; an act of doctoring, or the product of one … Wiktionary
fakery — Synonyms and related words: acting, affectation, appearance, attitudinizing, bluff, bluffing, cheating, color, coloring, copying, counterfeiting, deception, delusion, disguise, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, emulation, facade, face,… … Moby Thesaurus
fakery — n. forgery, counterfeiting … English contemporary dictionary
fakery — freaky … Anagrams dictionary
fakery — fak·ery … English syllables
fakery — /ˈfeɪkəri/ (say faykuhree) noun 1. deception, as by sleight of hand. 2. an instance of such deception. {fake1 + (e)ry} …

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