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supercherie

/suːˌpɛ(ɹ)ʃəˈɹiː/ UK

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Borrowed from Middle French supercherie, itself borrowed from Italian soperchieria.

noun supercheries · superchery · superchiery

countable, obsolete, uncountable Foul play; an attack made by deceit. it is a Superchiery,[…] as being wel armed, to charge a man who hath but a piece of a sword, or being sound and strong, to set upon a man sore hurt.
countable, uncountable, in French contexts Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud. We[…]should certainly deny to any teacher of morals, in any age, who resorted to such ‘supercherie’ and charlatanism, any very high place among the instructors and benefactors of mankind.

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@misc{supercherie_2026,
  title = {supercherie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supercherie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}