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
Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Instead, Weinstein told the jury, Nick Kassotis had been duped and deluded by the mysterious figure Jim McIntyre.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Although they were explicitly programmed to refuse to help hackers, the bots were duped into abetting the cybercrime.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Sandgaard and Zynex also face numerous lawsuits from insurers, patients and shareholders, who say they were duped by the Colorado company.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Kalshi's decision created an uproar among traders, who felt like they had been duped.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 1 Mar. 2026
One lawsuit against the company claimed an Alameda security guard was duped into a contract forcing her to pay $4,500 dollars.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Get past the embarrassment, get past the shame that we got duped by a con artist.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2026
Get past the embarrassment, get past the shame that we got duped by a con artist.
—Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
Ari Lauer pleaded guilty in October 2025 to 23 counts of fraud in the case of DC solar, a Benicia company that served as a front for a nearly $1 billion Ponzi scheme that duped major corporations and sophisticated investors including Berkshire Hathaway chair Warren Buffett.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Instead, Weinstein told the jury, Nick Kassotis had been duped and deluded by the mysterious figure Jim McIntyre.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Although they were explicitly programmed to refuse to help hackers, the bots were duped into abetting the cybercrime.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Sandgaard and Zynex also face numerous lawsuits from insurers, patients and shareholders, who say they were duped by the Colorado company.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Kalshi's decision created an uproar among traders, who felt like they had been duped.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 1 Mar. 2026
One lawsuit against the company claimed an Alameda security guard was duped into a contract forcing her to pay $4,500 dollars.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
Get past the embarrassment, get past the shame that we got duped by a con artist.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2026
Get past the embarrassment, get past the shame that we got duped by a con artist.
—Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duped
Adjective
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Jürgen’s appeared as wildly deluded as my own.—
Roger Bennett,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Residents should not be deceived by the unsupported and absurd revenue claims of the Moore administration.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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So some people got deceived and believed it.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The scam reportedly tricked Russian drone operators into giving away the location of their Starlink terminals, allowing Ukrainian artillery and drones to target them.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The people staffing the scam centers might have been tricked by a false job ad.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This story has been updated to correct erroneous information originally released by the city of Radcliff.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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This was due to erroneous data provided by Dallas County, the Texas Secretary of State’s office told Hearst Newspapers.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The quick shot that fooled Wallstedt was MacKinnon’s NHL-leading 43rd of the season.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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You, too, can be fooled by warm March days into jumping the gun and making costly mistakes.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Duped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duped. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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