Dupe
[djuːp]
Definition
(n.) One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.
(n.) To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cat's-paw, gull, cully, credulous person.
v. a. Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CHEAT]
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Definition
n. one easily cheated: one who is deceived or misled.—v.t. to deceive: to trick.—n. Dupabil′ity.—adj. Dū′pable.—n. Dū′pery the art of deceiving others.
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Examples
- A woman who could betray me for such a rival was not worth contending for; she deserved only scorn; less, however, than I, who had been her dupe. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And are you, I cried, the dupe of this man? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I did,' said the son; and he proceeded to relate, in as few words as possible, how he had fallen a ready dupe to the stratagems of Job Trotter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Poor stupid dupe! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I am its dupe no longer. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But I would not have him _taken_ _in_; I would not have him duped; I would have it all fair and honourable. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yes, for a purpose, said Crispin boldly, evidently not to be duped by the suave greeting of Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This letter gave Elizabeth some pain; but her spirits returned as she considered that Jane would no longer be duped, by the sister at least. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I resolved never to be duped again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As soon as his first astonishment and alarm had subsided, he angrily declared that Miss Halcombe had allowed herself to be duped by Anne Catherick. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Tho' he vowed Would be bowed Heaven's Hera proud, Ixion was duped by a treacherous cloud. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They are not to be thought of as cheats or usurpers of power, nor the rest of mankind as their dupes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We two, in the estimation of others, are at once the dupes and the agents of a daring imposture. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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