'Dupe' definitions:
Definition of 'dupe'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who is tricked or swindled [syn: victim, dupe]
verb
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across]
Definition of 'Dupe'
From: GCIDE
- Dupe \Dupe\ (d[=u]p), n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp['e]rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also Gull, Booby.] One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dupe'
From: GCIDE
- Dupe \Dupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duped (d[=u]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Duping.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See Dupe, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. [1913 Webster]
- Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. -- Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dupe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- amanuensis,
- ancilla,
- apple-polisher,
- appliance,
- ass-licker,
- babe,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- baffle,
- baggage agent,
- bamboozle,
- befool,
- beguile,
- betray,
- bilk,
- bluff,
- boob,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- business agent,
- butt,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- cajole,
- catch,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- cheat,
- cheat on,
- chicane,
- child,
- child of nature,
- chump,
- circumvent,
- claim agent,
- clawback,
- clerk,
- clone,
- commercial agent,
- commission agent,
- con,
- conjure,
- consignee,
- contrivance,
- copy,
- counterpart,
- courtier,
- cozen,
- creature,
- cringer,
- customer agent,
- deceive,
- defraud,
- delude,
- derision,
- device,
- diddle,
- ditto,
- double,
- double-cross,
- dove,
- dummy,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- dust,
- facsimile,
- factor,
- fair game,
- fall guy,
- fawner,
- fed,
- Federal,
- federal agent,
- figure of fun,
- flatterer,
- flimflam,
- flunky,
- fool,
- footlicker,
- forestall,
- freight agent,
- functionary,
- game,
- gammon,
- gazingstock,
- geminate,
- general agent,
- get around,
- go-between,
- goat,
- groveler,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- handshaker,
- hectograph,
- helot,
- hick,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hoodwink,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- implement,
- infant,
- infatuate,
- ingeminate,
- ingenue,
- innocent,
- instrument,
- insurance agent,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jackal,
- jest,
- jestingstock,
- job,
- joke,
- juggle,
- kid,
- kowtower,
- lackey,
- lamb,
- land agent,
- laughingstock,
- law agent,
- led captain,
- let down,
- lever,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- literary agent,
- loan agent,
- lout,
- manifold,
- mark,
- mealymouth,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- mere child,
- microcopy,
- microfilm,
- midwife,
- mimeo,
- mimeograph,
- minion,
- mislead,
- mock,
- mockery,
- model,
- monkey,
- mug,
- multigraph,
- multiply by two,
- news agent,
- noble savage,
- oaf,
- official,
- organ,
- outmaneuver,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- parliamentary agent,
- passenger agent,
- patsy,
- pawn,
- peon,
- Photostat,
- pigeon,
- play one false,
- plaything,
- press agent,
- puppet,
- purchasing agent,
- pushover,
- put on,
- put something over,
- quadruplicate,
- real estate agent,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- repeat,
- repetition,
- replica,
- replicate,
- replication,
- representation,
- reproduce,
- reproduction,
- rip off,
- rook,
- rube,
- sales agent,
- sap,
- secretary,
- serf,
- servant,
- simple soul,
- slave,
- snooker,
- snow,
- spaniel,
- special agent,
- stat,
- station agent,
- steward,
- stock,
- stooge,
- string along,
- stultify,
- suck,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- sycophant,
- take,
- take in,
- target,
- theatrical agent,
- ticket agent,
- timeserver,
- toad,
- toady,
- tool,
- toy,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- travel agent,
- trick,
- triplicate,
- truckler,
- trusting soul,
- tufthunter,
- twin,
- two-time,
- unsophisticate,
- vehicle,
- victim,
- victimize,
- walking delegate,
- Xerox,
- yes-man,
- yokel