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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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Even former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has admitted to being duped into making an order on a fake e-commerce website.

From Barron's

A couple are facing being evicted from their home after being duped by a serial fraudster who ran a scam impersonating dead people.

From BBC

Wexner, the former Victoria’s Secret boss, told lawmakers in February that he was “duped” by Epstein and had no knowledge of his crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Although they were explicitly programmed to refuse to help hackers, the bots were duped into abetting the cybercrime.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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