dupe1 noundupe2 verb
dupedupe1 /djuːp $ duːp/ noun [countable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdupe1
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 French perhaps from Old French huppe type of bird considered stupidEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers.
- Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.
- And wretched they were, too, the poor hungry dupes.
- Most of us, frankly, are witless dupes to nature when the question is a baby.
- Richard's other dupes seem culpably naïve, deceived by false appearances.
- She looked at them, and saw dupes.
- They further felt that Scott and Trist had been the gullible dupes of Santa Anna.
- You poor dupe, she told herself.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is deceived► dupe
someone who is tricked, especially into becoming involved in something illegal someone who is tricked by someone else, especially so that they become involved in the other person's dishonest plans without realizing it: · Investigators believe Dailey was a dupe for international drug smugglers.unwitting dupe: · Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.
► sucker informal someone who believes everything they are told, even when it is clearly not true: · I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee.· Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets.
► mug British informal someone who is easily deceived, especially so that they do much more or give much more than is fair or reasonable: · He's asked me to work over the weekend again - he must think I'm some kind of mug.· Don't be a mug! That picture's not worth as much as that!
dupe1 noundupe2 verb
dupedupe2 verb [transitive] Verb TableVERB TABLE
dupe
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | dupe |
| he, she, it | dupes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | duped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have duped |
| he, she, it | has duped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had duped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dupe |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have duped |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.
- The spies duped government and military officials alike.
- And not only that, she had compounded her stupidity by allowing herself to be duped by Leo.
- At least with her young, keen eyes she would have seen that he was being duped by his own nephew.
- If I think the reason for moral thought and action is to realise intrinsically worthwhile states, I have been duped.
- Sure, they were duped and deluded.
- The passion that wakened in me was anger, for I knew then that she had duped me.
- They had duped her and looted her of her sincerity.
- Were these held in reserve in case I wouldn't be duped?
- Women dieters, she realized, had been duped.
THESAURUS► deceive
to trick or deceive someonebe duped into doing something especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.
► trick to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · A man posing as an insurance agent had tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
► fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn’t fool anyone.
► mislead to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The company was accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of the product.
► dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else’s dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.
► con informal to trick someone, especially by telling them something that is not true: · I’m pretty good at judging people; I didn’t think he was trying to con me.
Longman Language Activatorto trick someone and make them believe something that is not true► trick to make someone believe something that is not true, in order to get something from them or make them do something: · I realized then that I had been tricked, but it was too late.· I'm not trying to trick you - just answer the question.trick somebody into doing something: · The old man's sons had tricked him into signing the papers.trick somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · A man posing as an insurance agent tricked her out of thousands of dollars.
► con informal to trick someone: · He was trying to con me, and I knew it.con somebody into doing something: · They conned the school district into buying the property.con somebody out of something (=take something from someone by tricking them): · She conned me out of $50.
► deceive especially written to make someone who trusts you believe something that is not true because it is useful for you if they believe it: · This was a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.· Many children's lies are unplanned and not actually designed to deceive.· All through the summer Paula was deceiving her husband while she was seeing another man.deceive somebody into doing something: · Thousands of home buyers were deceived into buying homes at inflated prices.deceive yourself: · If you think that everyone is happy with the plan, you're deceiving yourself.
► fool to make someone believe something that is not true by using a clever but simple trick: · His hairpiece doesn't fool anyone.fool somebody into doing something: · They managed to fool the police into thinking they had left the country.have somebody fooled: · The brothers' act had us all fooled.you can't fool me spoken: · You can't fool me - I know he's already given you the money.fool yourself: · Maybe I was just fooling myself, but I really thought he liked me.
► mislead to make people believe something that is not true, by deliberately not giving them all the facts, or by saying something that is only partly true: · The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.· They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.mislead somebody into doing something: · Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
► set somebody up to trick someone into doing something that they will be punished for or embarrassed by: · He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.· Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.
► put one over on informal to deceive someone, especially someone who is cleverer than you are, or someone who is not easily deceived: · That's the last time he puts one over on me!· Lawyers claim that the tobacco industry, by failing to tell everything it knew about smoking, was putting one over on its customers.
► pull the wool over somebody's eyes informal to deceive someone, usually by hiding some facts or information: · Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.· The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
► lead somebody on to make someone believe you and trust you, especially by making them think you are romantically interested in them: · I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?· I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
► take somebody for a ride informal to deceive someone, especially so that you can get their money: · I'd already given him £50 when I realized he was taking me for a ride.· After the deal was signed, I felt like I'd been taken for a ride.
► double-cross to cheat someone you pretended to be helping or working with, especially by helping their enemies: · I'm warning you - if you double-cross me, I'll kill you.· Harry and Danny double-crossed the gang and escaped with all the money.
► dupe informal to trick or deceive someone, especially so that they become involved in someone else's dishonest activity without realizing it: · The spies duped government and military officials alike.dupe somebody into doing something: · The perpetrators of the hoax managed to dupe respectable journalists into printing their story.
to be tricked or deceived by someone► be tricked/deceived · He knew he'd been tricked, but it was too late to do anything.be tricked/deceived by · Don't feel bad - you weren't the only one who was deceived by his lies.
► be taken in to be deceived by someone's words or behaviour, so that you believe something about them that is not true: · He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in.be taken in by: · We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have.
► fall for to stupidly believe something that is untrue and is intended to deceive you: · Doug is too clever to fall for a story like that!· She completely fell for his nonsense about being rich and famous.
► be fooled to be deceived by someone's behaviour, words, or appearance, especially when the result is not serious: · Don't let yourself be fooled - she's not as nice as she seems.be fooled by: · A lot of people were fooled by what he said, but I was sure he was lying.
► be set up to be tricked into doing something that results in you being punished or embarrassed: · I'm innocent! I was set up!be set up by: · The young man's claim that he had been set up by the police was eventually supported by several witnesses.
► be duped to be deceived by someone, especially so that you become involved in their dishonest activity without realizing it: · When the police arrived to arrest her, she realized she had been duped.be duped by: · Richie couldn't believe he had been set up and duped by his friends.
Consumers are being duped into buying faulty electronic goods.GRAMMAR Dupe is usually passive.