dupe
verb
[ djuːp ]
• deceive; trick.
• "the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story"
Similar:
deceive,
trick,
hoodwink,
hoax,
swindle,
defraud,
cheat,
double-cross,
gull,
mislead,
take in,
fool,
delude,
misguide,
lead on,
inveigle,
seduce,
ensnare,
entrap,
beguile,
con,
do,
sting,
gyp,
rip off,
diddle,
shaft,
bilk,
rook,
bamboozle,
finagle,
pull someone's leg,
pull a fast one on,
put one over on,
take to the cleaners,
swizzle,
sell a pup to,
sucker,
snooker,
stiff,
euchre,
bunco,
hornswoggle,
pull a swifty on,
cozen,
sharp,
mulct,
dupe
noun
• a victim of deception.
• "men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders"
Similar:
victim,
gull,
pawn,
puppet,
instrument,
fool,
simpleton,
innocent,
sucker,
stooge,
sitting duck,
sitting target,
soft touch,
pushover,
chump,
muggins,
charlie,
fall guy,
mug,
pigeon,
patsy,
sap,
schlemiel,
mark,
dill,
juggins,
Origin:
late 17th century: from dialect French dupe ‘hoopoe’, from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance.
dupe
noun
• a duplicate or copy of something.
• "I had dupes of a lot of programs on my laptop"
dupe
verb
• make a duplicate or copy of.
• "how to dupe 35 mm slides on to 35 mm film"
Origin:
early 20th century: short for duplicate.
