as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
an explanation of how the swindler was able to escape with all of the dupe's money
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
he built a dupe of the original model, which is locked in a vault
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as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien
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Recent Examples of dupe
Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
High demand for obesity drugs and manufacturing constraints at the brand-name drugmakers created a boom in these dupes, called compounded drugs, and consumer websites to obtain them.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 June 2025
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
You have been duped into turning any text into a catalogue of fleeting images.
—Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In a market flooded with uniformity, a culture hellbent on sameness, and a luxury space increasingly shaped by dupes, secondhand finds, and super fakes, working with an artist can be a refreshing alternative, making the object feel less like a purchase and more like an heirloom.
—Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
High demand for obesity drugs and manufacturing constraints at the brand-name drugmakers created a boom in these dupes, called compounded drugs, and consumer websites to obtain them.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 16 June 2025
Verb
Most people are so acutely attuned to the threat of feeling duped that even minor scam risks can contaminate their decision-making, both in terms of everyday financial and social decision-making, and also at the level of their core values and deeper goals.
—Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
You have been duped into turning any text into a catalogue of fleeting images.
—Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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The person is not trying to deceive or control, but the behavior still affects others and requires self awareness and growth to correct.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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Where was this sense of urgency when the mullahs were attempting to deceive U.N. inspectors while sandbagging U.S. efforts to diplomatically scuttle the country’s nuclear efforts?—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
Verb
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Even though baby clothes and newborn diapers feel too tiny to wreak havoc, don’t be fooled!—
Briana Feigon,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2025
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Perhaps that’s what fans were griping about last year — that Burns didn’t have it anymore and Slavin was papering over all those issues, enough to fool this model.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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That was the crux of the latest Gmail attack, tricking users into sharing codes.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But rather than trying to trick users into heading to a fake website, the visitor is instead taken to the brand's legitimate website, with a small but dangerous difference.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
21 June 2025
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“Dupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dupe. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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