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duped

1 American  
[doopt, dyoopt] / dupt, dyupt /

adjective

  1. deceived, fooled, or tricked.

    There are no duped people in this sequence of events, only those who have chosen to remain willfully ignorant.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe.

duped 2 American  
[doopt, dyoopt] / dupt, dyupt /

adjective

Informal.

  1. (especially of recorded sound or images) duplicated.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe.

Etymology

Origin of duped1

dupe 1 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Origin of duped2

dupe 2 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Duped while trying to find Stanley Kubrick in 1969 London, an erratic CIA agent teams with a rock band manager to stage the moon landing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2016

Duped by forged orders, their right wing gave up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Duped like millions of his subjects was George V who listened in when not broadcasting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Duped as he had been, he could hardly restrain his admiration, and said quite frankly and heartily— "Good—that's business!"

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

Duped perhaps I was myself: and it was natural that I should be so under the overwhelming influences oppressing any right that I could have at my early age to a free, independent judgment.

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas

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