Trumpery
n. pl. -ies
1. Showy but worthless finery; bric-a-brac.
2. Nonsense: rubbish.
3. Deception; trickery; fraud.
—adj. Showy but valueless.
[Middle English trompery,
from Old French tromperie,
from tromper, to cheat.]
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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