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Dupe

Dupe Meaning & Definition
Dupe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dupe?

[n] a person who is tricked or swindled
[v] fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dupe: befool | cod | fool | gull | put on | put one across | put one over | slang | take in | victim

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dupe: agent | amanuensis | ancilla | apple-polisher | appliance | ass-licker | babe | backscratcher | backslapper | baffle | baggage agent | bamboozle | befool | beguile | betray | bilk | bluff | boob | bootlick | bootlicker | brownie | brown-nose | business agent | butt | byword | byword of reproach | cajole | catch | Charlie McCarthy | cheat | cheat on | chicane | child | child of nature | chump | circumvent | claim agent | clawback | clerk | clone | commercial agent | commission agent | con | conjure | consignee | contrivance | copy | counterpart | courtier | cozen | creature | cringer | customer agent | deceive | defraud | delude | derision | device | diddle | ditto | double | double-cross | dove | dummy | duplicate | duplication | dust | facsimile | factor | fair game | fall guy | fawner | fed | Federal | federal agent | figure of fun | flatterer | flimflam | flunky | fool | footlicker | forestall | freight agent | functionary | game | gammon | gazingstock | geminate | general agent | get around | goat | go-between | groveler | gudgeon | gull | handmaid | handmaiden | handshaker | hectograph | helot | hick | hoax | hocus-pocus | hoodwink | hornswaggle | humbug | implement | infant | infatuate | ingeminate | ingenue | innocent | instrument | insurance agent | interagent | intermediary | intermediate | intermedium | jackal | jest | jestingstock | job | joke | juggle | kid | kowtower | lackey | lamb | land agent | laughingstock | law agent | led captain | let down | lever | lickspit | lickspittle | literary agent | loan agent | lout | manifold | mark | mealymouth | mechanism | mediator | medium | mere child | microcopy | microfilm | midwife | mimeo | mimeograph | minion | mislead | mock | mockery | model | monkey | mug | multigraph | multiply by two | news agent | noble savage | oaf | official | organ | outmaneuver | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overreach | parliamentary agent | passenger agent | patsy | pawn | peon | Photostat | pigeon | play one false | plaything | press agent | puppet | purchasing agent | pushover | put on | put something over | quadruplicate | real estate agent | redouble | reduplicate | repeat | repetition | replica | replicate | replication | representation | reproduce | reproduction | rip off | rook | rube | sales agent | sap | secretary | serf | servant | simple soul | slave | snooker | snow | spaniel | special agent | stat | station agent | steward | stock | stooge | string along | stultify | suck | sucker | swindle | sycophant | take | take in | target | theatrical agent | ticket agent | timeserver | toad | toady | tool | toy | trace | transcribe | travel agent | trick | triplicate | truckler | trusting soul | tufthunter | twin | two-time | unsophisticate | vehicle | victim | victimize | walking delegate | Xerox | yes-man | yokel

See Also | betray | butt | chump | deceive | easy mark | fall guy | fool | goat | gull | human | individual | kid | lamb | laughingstock | lead astray | mark | mortal | mug | patsy | person | pull the leg of | schlemiel | shlemiel | sitting duck | soft touch | somebody | someone | soul | stooge | sucker

Dupe In Webster's Dictionary

\Dupe\, n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp['e]rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also {Gull}, {Booby}.] One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.
\Dupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duping}.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See {Dupe}, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. -- Coleridge.

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