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
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
But the litigation illustrates growing customer concern about getting duped by QD TV manufacturers.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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
Influencers feel they've been duped because Honey partners with many of them to promote its service.
—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Nonprofit duped In a third scheme detailed by prosecutors, from September 2018 to June 2021, Elliott defrauded a nonprofit of money that was meant for its legal expenses.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
You're being duped by the greatest swindler in the history of the world.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Surprise fees that mysteriously appear at checkout make consumers feel duped with sticker shock.
—Brian Hess, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Healthy males, duped by the wing-flicks, attempt to mate and walk away carrying spores.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
But the litigation illustrates growing customer concern about getting duped by QD TV manufacturers.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
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
Influencers feel they've been duped because Honey partners with many of them to promote its service.
—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 13 Mar. 2025
Nonprofit duped In a third scheme detailed by prosecutors, from September 2018 to June 2021, Elliott defrauded a nonprofit of money that was meant for its legal expenses.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
You're being duped by the greatest swindler in the history of the world.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Surprise fees that mysteriously appear at checkout make consumers feel duped with sticker shock.
—Brian Hess, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duped
Adjective
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What does this have to do with equating Anders Breivik, who shot people on some bizarre, deluded mission to rid Norway of Islam, with Nelson Mandela?—
David Marchese,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Smash’s Megan Hilty steps into the Meryl Streep part (and cribs Streep’s bio for her own in the Playbill) as the deluded actress Madeline Ashton.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Cleveland also warned that users may fail to consider emoji strings to be actual passwords, and so could be deceived via phishing campaigns to share emoji passwords.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The states pressing the suits, including California and New Jersey, say the companies deceived consumers about the risks posed by fossil fuels.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Smartmatic was frequently mentioned when Trump’s lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell appeared as guests on Fox News and Fox Business Network programs in late 2020 and spread Trump’s erroneous charges that voting machines were rigged to throw the election to Joe Biden.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hampered by this erroneous guidance, health authorities and the American public began to believe that women were physically incapable of producing enough breastmilk.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Heat star Tyler Herro admitted to being fooled earlier this month, while a post from the account instigated a war of words between Kevin Garnett and Draymond Green.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Also, unlike its many imposters (and there are many similar looking wireless lamps out there, so don’t be fooled), the Poldina comes with a 1-year warranty on the battery and a 2-year warranty for any defects.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Duped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duped. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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