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
Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
Then, La Mer, with 2,600 of its total 165,000 searches being dupe-related.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Crowds of people apparently duped by misleading social media posts braved the cold for a New Year’s Eve fireworks show at New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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Noun
This seems like a clear dupe for Vaseline’s Cocoa Butter Healing Jelly Stick—right down to the packaging.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
Then, La Mer, with 2,600 of its total 165,000 searches being dupe-related.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Crowds of people apparently duped by misleading social media posts braved the cold for a New Year’s Eve fireworks show at New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dupe
Verb
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Is someone attempting to deceive you?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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Your eyes aren't deceiving you.—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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These ads may not have fooled as many of us as their makers seemed to think.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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And don’t let the utilities and their friends fool you.—
Kendall Keelen,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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But a new study suggests that, in certain organs, tumors actively communicate with the brain to trick it into protecting them.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Dupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dupe. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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