: one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
duped; duping
: to deceive or cheat easily : to make a dupe (see dupe entry 1) of
was duped into buying a counterfeit
duper
noun
plural dupes
informal
: duplicate
This new breed of browsing utility programs can also help you organize the pages you've retrieved, eliminating dupes, throwing out unwanted pages, and storing the useful ones in efficient hierarchies of folders.—
Fortune
Fortune"I dropped off the keys … before I left this morning, but I still have a dupe on my key ring."—Stephen King
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duped; duping; dupes
informal
Examples of dupe in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an explanation of how the swindler was able to escape with all of the dupe's money
Verb (1)
They duped her out of $300.
we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien
Noun (2)
he built a dupe of the original model, which is locked in a vault
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Three’s a trend, which can only mean shoppers are seriously onto something with these Old Navy Lululemon dupes.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2025
Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
By the numbers: 80% of Philadelphia residents surveyed worry about attempts to dupe voters in the heat of this historic election, per SmartNews.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally and berate an actual brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Three’s a trend, which can only mean shoppers are seriously onto something with these Old Navy Lululemon dupes.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
That sense of urgency is a common way to dupe people while emotions run high.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
By the numbers: 80% of Philadelphia residents surveyed worry about attempts to dupe voters in the heat of this historic election, per SmartNews.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Dupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dupe. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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dupe
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: one who is easily deceived or cheated
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