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dupe

/duːp/

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What does dupe mean?

noun

  1. A person who has been deceived.
  2. (informal) A duplicate of a photographic image.

verb

  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. (informal) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  2. (informal) A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle.
  3. (informal) A counterfeit; a fake, a (typically cheaper) copy (of some legitimate consumer product, design, etc).
  4. An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
  5. An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.

verb

  1. To duplicate.

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IPA pronunciation

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The confiding, if willing, dupe of aristocratic impecuniosity, Derues was a past master of the art of duping others.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
He looked rather foolish at this answer, and then attempted to correct himself so as not to appear a dupe.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
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She added that her dupe was quite disposed to make another venture, by which she hoped to retrieve her former loss.
George BorrowThe Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainProject Gutenberg ebook #565
James I., ever the dupe of Spanish cunning, contributed not a little, by his foolish intermeddling, to promote the Emperor's schemes.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
If you be not disposed to play, be either a sharper or a dupe, you cannot be admitted a second time to their assemblies.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466