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What (who) is Dupe - definition
dupe
¦ verb deceive; trick.
¦ noun a victim of deception.
Derivatives
dupable adjective
duper noun
dupery noun
Origin
C17: from Fr. dialect dupe 'hoopoe', from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance.
dupe
I. n.
Gull, cully, credulous person.
II. v. a.
Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon.
dupe
v. (D; tr.) to dupe into (he was duped into signing)
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Dupe
Dupe usually refers to someone who has been deceived into going along with an idea or program. It may also refer to:
Examples of use of Dupe
1. The e–mail schemes are designed to dupe taxpayers into revealing personal financial information.
2. The only purpose of this message is to dupe people out of money.
3. Rumsfeld, painting the secretary as a gullible dupe to an ambitious con man.
4. Barr lost his House seat in a Republican primary before becoming a dupe in the "Borat" movie.
5. Authorities say Porcelli defrauded or tried to dupe at least 165,000 Americans, many with poor credit histories.