dupe
[noun]
Synonyms: fool, butt, chump, fall guy, gudgeon, gull, mark, pigeon, sap, sucker
[verb]
Synonyms: bamboozle, befool, catch, chicane, con, dust, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, job, kid, pigeon, rig, spoof, trick, victimize
[verb]
Synonyms: double, dualize, duplicate

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Contrasted words: enlighten, inform, wise (up)
Related Idioms: pull one's leg, put something over (or across)
Related Words: beguile, betray, deceive, delude, double-cross, mislead, cheat, cozen, defraud, overreach, baffle, circumvent, outwit

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English Thesaurus: deceive, trick, fool, mislead, dupe, ...

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I. dupe¹ /djuːp $ duːp/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: perhaps from Old French huppe type of bird considered stupid]
someone who is tricked, especially into becoming involved in something illegal

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II. dupe² verb [transitive usually passive]
to trick or deceive someone
dupe somebody into doing something
Consumers are being duped into buying faulty electronic goods.

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deceive 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.

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