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to fool someone; or the person fooled — especially if tricked into doing something- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- She is innocent. She was duped like the rest of us.
- Their propaganda machine duped the press again.
- perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
- An unprincipled adventurer—a dishonourable character—a man who preys upon society, and makes easily-deceived people his dupes,Charles Dickens -- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
- And he set up the drug deal, duping me to think it's a step up when it was only a step into his trap.Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry
- A retinue of small boys passed, a few defiant stragglers, a light truck carried the dupes of accident and defeat.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- The first fish had been duped by the ghost images that the jamming had duplicated on the torpedo sonar frequency.Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
- EVERYBODY WHO loved me wanted me to be innocent—tricked, duped, all unawares.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- Hecould not be accused of being a dupe of the government or of having gone soft.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- She told me she couldn't stand the thought of Marcus duping more people into following him, and I didn't argue with her.Veronica Roth -- Allegiant
- In the toils as I am—dupe that I have been—yet there is one thing my due: who told you all you know about me?Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
- 'I hope,' said Arthur, 'that he and his dupes may be a warning to people not to have so much done with them again.'Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- Just by sitting here he is rendered absurd, an ignorant pawn, a dupe.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- About the thought that he'd been duped?Nicholas Sparks -- True Believer
- But what, my mind went on, if they're as willing to be duped by the Brotherhood as by Rinehart?Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- Not only did she dupe me into believing she still loved me, she actually forced me to implicate myself.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- "I call this 'duping delight,' the thrill you get from fooling other people."Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
- "At some point the 'rescued' will figure out they've been duped, or the survivors on the outside will.Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- He wondered for an instant if any of his own victims had likewise reversed the dupe on him.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
duping = fooling