Synonyms for dupe

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : doop, dyoop

Phonetic Transcription : dup, dyup

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Définition of dupe

Origin : 1680s, from French dupe "deceived person," from Middle French duppe (early 15c.), thieves' jargon, perhaps from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird.

noun person who is fooled
verb fool someone

Example sentences :

Mrs. Luttridge will look upon him as her dupe, and make him such.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

If she fell, should he not save his friend from being the dupe of an artful intriguante?
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

One cannot even say that "her head is the dupe of her heart," since she has no heart.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

In order to dupe the old man, he pretended to be in bad health.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

And so, what think you these two knaves—this master knave and his dupe—have determined?
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

He bowed, so utterly my dupe that I could have laughed at him.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

I must become his dupe, thought I, or it is all over with me.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

If the one who says yes is imprudent, the one who says no is a dupe.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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