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Synonyms for dupe


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : doop, dyoop
Phonetic Transcription : dup, dyup

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Définition of dupe

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun person who is fooled
  • verb fool someone
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Luttridge will look upon him as her dupe, and make him such.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • If she fell, should he not save his friend from being the dupe of an artful intriguante?
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • One cannot even say that "her head is the dupe of her heart," since she has no heart.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In order to dupe the old man, he pretended to be in bad health.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • And so, what think you these two knaves—this master knave and his dupe—have determined?
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He bowed, so utterly my dupe that I could have laughed at him.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I must become his dupe, thought I, or it is all over with me.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • If the one who says yes is imprudent, the one who says no is a dupe.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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