dupe¹

[doop, dyoop]

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noun

a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents.

verb (used with object), duped, dup·ing.

to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.

Origin of dupe¹

1675–85; < French; Middle French duppe for *(tête) d'uppe head of hoopoe, i.e., fool (compare tête de fou) < Vulgar Latin *uppa, Latin upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; cf. hoopoe

Related formsdup·a·ble, adjectivedup·a·bil·i·ty, noundup·er, nounun·dup·a·ble, adjective

dupe²

[doop, dyoop]Informal.

noun

duplicate.
Movies.
1. a duplicate picture negative used for making additional release prints or for making special effects to be inserted in the release negative.
2. the procedure for producing such a duplicate.
Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.

verb (used with or without object), duped, dup·ing.

to duplicate.

adjective

duplicate.

Origin of dupe²

First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening

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Examples from the Web for duped

Contemporary Examples

He was duped into silly offensive fouls when smaller men moved in behind him as he powered toward the basket.
Shaq, Year One
Charles P. Pierce
May 24, 2014
If the women were duped, that consent can retroactively be denied.
Marital Rape Ruling Highlights India’s Problem With Consent
Amana Fontanella-Khan
May 18, 2014
One of his victims was Vegas singer Wayne Newton, who was one of the lucky ones since he was only duped out of $850.
The Real Story and Lesson of the Abscam Sting in ‘American Hustle’
Jimmy So
December 17, 2013
Indeed, that could be worse, if people decide to trust them, and then later realize they were duped.
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Megan McArdle
June 7, 2013
This effect is inescapable, since we certainly didn't ask to be duped.
The Big Idea: Why Forgeries Are Great Art
Jonathon Keats
April 25, 2013

Historical Examples

He was mortified beyond expression by the idea that he had been duped.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
It behooves me all the more to see to it that I am not duped in the end.
Casanova's Homecoming
Arthur Schnitzler
And are you, my dear friend, to be duped by this hackneyed word?
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
Fooled, duped, and laughed at after twenty years of hard service!
Henry Dunbar
M. E. Braddon
But more commonly there is calculation on both sides and both are duped.
The Sexual Question
August Forel

British Dictionary definitions for duped

dupe

noun

a person who is easily deceived
a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power

verb

(tr) to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool

Derived Formsdupable, adjectivedupability, nounduper, noundupery, noun

Word Origin

C17: from French, from Old French duppe, contraction of de huppe of (a) hoopoe (from Latin upupa); from the bird's reputation for extreme stupidity

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Word Origin and History for duped

dupe

n.

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.

dupe

v.

1704, from dupe (n.). Related: Duped; duping.

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Examples from the Web for duped

Contemporary Examples

He was duped into silly offensive fouls when smaller men moved in behind him as he powered toward the basket.

If the women were duped, that consent can retroactively be denied.

One of his victims was Vegas singer Wayne Newton, who was one of the lucky ones since he was only duped out of $850.

Indeed, that could be worse, if people decide to trust them, and then later realize they were duped.

This effect is inescapable, since we certainly didn't ask to be duped.

Historical Examples

He was mortified beyond expression by the idea that he had been duped.

It behooves me all the more to see to it that I am not duped in the end.

And are you, my dear friend, to be duped by this hackneyed word?

Fooled, duped, and laughed at after twenty years of hard service!

But more commonly there is calculation on both sides and both are duped.

dupe

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for duped

dupe

n.

dupe

v.

dupe¹

Origin of dupe¹

dupe²

Origin of dupe²