as in deceived
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 duped
Viv Chen, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
Thelma When 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) receives a panicked phone call from someone posing as her grandson, she's duped into mailing $10,000 to bail him out of trouble.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, rising executives may be duped by the idea that networking doesn’t yield material results.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
If the browser can’t be trusted, then the device passkey setup and the services can be duped.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
And Dart duped a defender to press down to the flat to open up the middle out for a strike completion to Ihmir Smith-Marsette.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
To my relief, I hadn’t been duped.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The accusation implied that Bell was duped into granting a preliminary injunction last December.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The difference today is the modern impulse to broadcast your home spaces online, where trends can become saturated and then duped.
—Viv Chen, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
Thelma When 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) receives a panicked phone call from someone posing as her grandson, she's duped into mailing $10,000 to bail him out of trouble.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
While Mare blossoms quickly under his guidance, the rest lag doltishly behind, using journalism as a pretext to confront an ex, or getting duped by some teens into writing a credulous account of a preposterous youth trend.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, rising executives may be duped by the idea that networking doesn’t yield material results.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
If the browser can’t be trusted, then the device passkey setup and the services can be duped.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
And Dart duped a defender to press down to the flat to open up the middle out for a strike completion to Ihmir Smith-Marsette.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
To my relief, I hadn’t been duped.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The accusation implied that Bell was duped into granting a preliminary injunction last December.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duped
Verb
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There is some relief on the way, but do not be deceived.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
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The fact that Putin even thought that the U.S. needs the Russian economy shows how deluded Putin still is.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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According to Noguera, Naso tricked Lambson by posing as a photographer for the Oakland A's, arranging to meet her at Fisherman's Wharf before driving her to Mount Tam, where her body was later discovered.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Tech support scams in which consumers are tricked by scammers into believing there is a problem with their computers that require the expensive services of scammers posing as customer support employees for the major tech companies constitute a major problem.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lauber ruled that discounted cash flow valuation of land is erroneous as a matter of law.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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One subject of a Raffi Khatchadourian piece complained that multiple details about his life were made up and demanded to know what idiot had given Khatchadourian the erroneous details.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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And don’t be fooled by their small size — these dishes hold a surprising amount of food.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Duped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duped. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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