: one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
duped; duping
: to deceive or cheat easily : to make a dupe (see dupe entry 1) of
was duped into buying a counterfeit
duper
noun
plural dupes
informal
: duplicate
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Fortune"I dropped off the keys … before I left this morning, but I still have a dupe on my key ring."—Stephen King
Stephen King
duped; duping; dupes
informal
Examples of dupe in a Sentence
Noun (1)
an explanation of how the swindler was able to escape with all of the dupe's money
Verb (1)
They duped her out of $300.
we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien
Noun (2)
he built a dupe of the original model, which is locked in a vault
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Oct. 2025
Yes, even dupes will be gifting items, particularly within a category like fragrance which benefits from its breadth of offerings — in price, format and beyond.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Dyson’s innovation made nearly every other hair dryer cower, or at least scramble to dupe it.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Many try to give Lost Cherry dupe (sorry, not sorry for saying this), why this one is doing something else entirely.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Oct. 2025
Yes, even dupes will be gifting items, particularly within a category like fragrance which benefits from its breadth of offerings — in price, format and beyond.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Scammers steal details of missing children from a police database to dupe more than 900 parents by asking for money to reveal their whereabouts.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Dyson’s innovation made nearly every other hair dryer cower, or at least scramble to dupe it.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Dupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dupe. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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dupe
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: one who is easily deceived or cheated
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