DUPE


Meaning of DUPE in English

(~s, duping, ~d)

1.

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

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

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

VERB: V n into -ing, V n

2.

A ~ is someone who is tricked by someone else.

He becomes an innocent ~ in a political scandal.

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