I. noun
Synonyms: fool 3, butt, chump, fall guy, gudgeon, gull, mark, pigeon, sap, sucker
II. verb
to delude by underhand methods
the public is easily duped by extravagant claims in advertising
Synonyms: bamboozle, befool, catch, chicane, con, dust, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, job, kid, pigeon, ||rig, spoof, trick, victimize
Related Word: beguile, betray, deceive, delude, double-cross, mislead; cheat, cozen, defraud, overreach; baffle, circumvent, outwit
Idioms: pull one's leg, put something over ( or across)
Contrasted words: enlighten, inform, wise (up)
III. verb
Synonyms: double 1, dualize, duplicate