duped

¹ American  

[doopt, dyoopt] / dupt, djupt /

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.

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verb

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

duped ² American  

[doopt, dyoopt] / dupt, djupt /

adjective

Informal.

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

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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

See Examples For:

duped

Analyst Michaels says no international stakeholders have been "duped" by Myanmar's electoral process.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The co-founder of Apollo said he was duped by the man he hired as a financial adviser, according to remarks prepared for Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

In Thailand, lawmakers are hearing a complaint by 126 fans who were duped by an offer to help them "wait in line" for tickets.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

But the victim, realizing he’d been duped, had reached out to police.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Related Words

• confounded
• confused
• deceived
• deluded
• fooled
• misguided
• misinformed
• misled
• tricked