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- Dictionarydupe/djuːp/
verb
- 1. deceive; trick: "the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story"
noun
- 1. a victim of deception: "men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders"
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DUPE definition: 1. to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do…. Learn more.
noun (1) ˈdüp. also ˈdyüp. Synonyms of dupe. : one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool. dupe. 2 of 4. verb (1) duped; duping. transitive verb. : to deceive or cheat easily : to make a dupe (see dupe entry 1) of. was duped into buying a counterfeit. duper noun. 3 of 4. noun (2) plural dupes. informal. : duplicate.
Dupe definition: a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull. . See examples of DUPE used in a sentence.
A dupe is a furry, ceremonial hat worn during ancient pagan rituals...or not. Dupe actually means “trick or deceive.” We’re sorry we tried to dupe you into believing the wrong definition. Dupe can also refer to the victim of a trick or hoax, and — used in this sense — it sometimes conveys the idea that the victim is easily fooled.
to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do: be duped into The girls were duped by drug smugglers into carrying heroin for them. Synonym. fool. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. feint. flannel.
noun. 1. a person who is easily deceived. 2. a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power. verb. 3. (transitive) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool. Collins English Dictionary.
1. a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull. 2. a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person. v.t. 3. to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick. [1675–85; < French; Middle French duppe for * ( tête) d'uppe hoopoe's head, i.e., fool (compare tête de fou )] dup′a•ble, adj.
n. a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull. a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents. v.t. to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick. Vulgar Latin * uppa, Latin upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; compare hoopoe.
to trick someone: [ often passive, + into + doing sth ] He was duped into paying $4000 for a fake painting. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn words you need to communicate with confidence.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.
