dupe

dupe
I UK [djuːp] / US [dup] verb [transitive]
Word forms "dupe":
present tense I/you/we/they dupe he/she/it dupes present participle duping past tense duped past participle duped
to trick someone into believing something that is not true or into doing something that is stupid or illegal

Many voters now feel duped by the government.

dupe someone into doing something:

Henson duped the couple into letting him into their home.


II UK [djuːp] / US [dup] noun [countable]
Word forms "dupe":
singular dupe plural dupes
someone who is tricked into believing or doing something stupid or illegal

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  • dupe — dupe …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dupé — dupé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • dupe — [ dyp ] n. f. et adj. • duppe 1426; emploi plaisant de dupe « huppe », oiseau d apparence stupide 1 ♦ Personne que l on trompe sans qu elle en ait le moindre soupçon. ⇒ dindon, pigeon. Prendre qqn pour dupe. ⇒ duper. Être la dupe de qqn (cf. fam …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • dupe — DUPE. sub. f. Celui ou celle qui est trompée, ou facile à tromper. C est une dupe, une vraie dupe, une franche dupe, une bonne dupe. C est la dupe d un tel. C est sa dupe. Il en a été la dupe. Être pris pour dupe. Passer pour dupe. Il n est pas… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • dupe — dȕpe sr <G ta, N mn dupèta, G dupétā> DEFINICIJA vulg. 1. v. stražnjica 2. pren. loš karakter, beskičmenjak FRAZEOLOGIJA boli me dupe! baš me briga, to me se uopće ne tiče; da mi (ti, mu itd.) dupe vidi put (puta) putujem bez ozbiljna… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Dupé — (Дюпэ) Тип Публичная компания Листинг на бирже BM F Bovespa …   Википедия

  • Dupe — Dupe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duped} (d[=u]pt); 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. [1913 Webster] Ne er have I duped …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dupe — (d[=u]p), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dupe — is short for duplicate . Dupe may also refer to: Someone who is deceived by another and acts in their interest without realization. Duping, practice of exploiting a bug in a video game to illegitimately create duplicates of unique items or… …   Wikipedia

  • dupe — vb Dupe, gull, befool, trick, hoax, hoodwink, bamboozle mean to delude a person by underhand means or for one s own ends. Dupe suggests unwariness or unsuspiciousness on the part of the person or persons deluded and the acceptance of what is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dupé — dupé, ée (du pé, pée) part. passé. Pris pour dupe. Dupé par un habile fripon. •   Un philosophe assure Que toujours par leurs sens les hommes sont dupés, LA FONT. Fabl. VII, 18.    Il se dit aussi de l attente, de l espérance, etc. •   S il ne… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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