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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

duping = fooling

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

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