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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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A growing number of African countries have in recent months begun to discover that their citizens have been duped into fighting for the Russian army, and either killed or captured on the battlefield.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

So ubiquitous was the so-called Ambassador of Happiness, you’d swear NBC duped a Snoop — or maybe two.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

At the crux of the case was whether Rogers knowingly attempted to advance China’s interests or was unwittingly duped into providing information to spies he thought were academics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The worst that befell most of those duped by New Year’s Eve AI-generated mischief was a little discomfort, embarrassment and wasted time.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

I would watch them with an aching heart, firmly convinced that they were being duped; but if I had been asked to give them another solution for their problems, I would not have known how.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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