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dupe

1

[ doop, dyoop ]

noun

  1. a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
  2. a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person:

    a dupe of the opponents.



verb (used with object)

duped, duping.
  1. to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick.

dupe

2

[ doop, dyoop ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape.

verb (used with or without object)

duped, duping.

adjective

dupe

/ ː /

noun

  1. a person who is easily deceived
  2. a person who unwittingly serves as the tool of another person or power
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to deceive, esp by trickery; make a dupe or tool of; cheat; fool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱ貹, adjective
  • ˌܱ貹ˈٲ, noun
  • ˈܱ, noun
  • ˈܱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܱ·· adjective
  • ܱ····ٲ [doo-p, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, dyoo-], noun
  • ܱ· noun
  • un·ܱ·· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dupe1

First recorded in 1675–85; from French; Middle French duppe for unattested tête d'uppe “head of hoopoe,” i.e., “fool” (compare tête de fou ), from unattested Vulgar Latin uppa, Latin upupa “hoopoe,” a bird thought to be especially stupid; hoopoe

Origin of dupe2

First recorded in 1895–90; by shortening
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dupe1

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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While rug pulls dupe multiple investors at a time, many crypto crimes target individual victims.

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Mr Agyemang-Prempeh's defence, when challenged by the BBC, was that he had himself been duped by other agents and did not realise he was selling fake CoS documents.

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Hundreds of people were duped into ploughing their life savings and pensions into casks that were overpriced or did not exist, while some individual casks were sold multiple times to different investors.

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A woman who duped a man into believing they were having twins, until her fake baby bump was exposed in a hospital scan, has been jailed and given a restraining order.

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He had researched the logos, signatures and even the type of paper licences were printed on to dupe the seller, who committed no offence.

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