DUPE


Meaning of DUPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dju:p, AM du:p ]

( dupes, duping, duped)

1.

If a person dupes you, they trick you into doing something or into believing something which is not true.

...a plot to dupe stamp collectors into buying fake rarities...

We know some sex offenders dupe the psychologists who assess them.

VERB : V n into -ing , V n

2.

A dupe is someone who is tricked by someone else.

He becomes an innocent dupe in a political scandal.

N-COUNT

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