to dupe

Examples

• All

• I thought you had more sense than to be duped by people like the Tanners.

  Celia (1989)

• Millions of Americans have been duped into believing that Soviet "Communism has been overthrown."

  Academic text (1992)

• In fact, children and childish people are often the most difficult to dupe with such games.

  Academic text (1996)

• To all those students who have been duped, good luck applying to schools next year.

  Accepted (2006)

• There's no doubt that people were being totally duped by what was happening.

• Sam Patterson was duped from day one.

  Citizen Verdict (2003)

• People of Oceania, you are being duped.

  Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

• Gentlemen, we've been duped.

  Jingle All the Way (1996)

• The Indonesian media is replete with stories about how returning migrant workers are duped and sometimes spectacularly taken advantage of.

  Academic text (2004)

• He tried to dupe his friends into believing that he was rich by showing them fake bank statements.

Synonyms

F

to fool

vsto dupe

704 2.1

To trick someone into believing something that is not true

is more about the trick itself than the outcome of belief

T

to trick

vsto dupe

326 3.5

To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want

is a simple act of deceiving without stressing cunning

D

to deceive

vsto dupe

270 3.9

To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage

is a straightforward trick without noting gain

M

to mislead

vsto dupe

87 3.9

Make someone believe something that is not true

is an intentional trick rather than only wrong information

D

to delude

vsto dupe

48 6.3

Make someone believe something that is not true

is an act of tricking rather than forming a false belief

T

to take in

vsto dupe

• Informal

23 4.3

Make someone believe something that is not true

is the act of tricking someone not only the accepted belief

P

to put on

vsto dupe

• Informal

19 7.2

To trick someone, often as a joke

is serious deception not intended as a joke

B

to bamboozle

vsto dupe

• Informal

11 8.3

To trick someone by pretending you want to help them

is a plain act of tricking without complex plotting

P

to play (someone) for a fool

vsto dupe

• Offensive

7 7.4

Treat someone as stupid to trick or cheat them

is general deception that does not assume naivety

P

to put one over

vsto dupe

• Informal

4 7.8

To make someone believe something that is not true

is a general act of trickery without stressing success

P

to put one over on

vsto dupe

• Informal

4 7.9

To trick someone into believing something false

is a general trick without necessarily aiming for gain

G

to gull

vsto dupe

1 8.9

To trick someone into believing something false

is the general act of tricking without noting gullibility

C

to con someone

vsto dupe

• Slang

7.7

To trick someone to get their money

is broader deception not always linked to gaining benefit

P

to put one across

vsto dupe

• UK

9.0

Make someone believe something false to trick them

is simple deception without focusing on persuasive skill

P

to put one past

vsto dupe

• UK

8.3

To trick someone into believing something false

is broader deception not emphasizing success in fooling

B

to befool

vsto dupe

9.9

To trick someone so they look silly

is general deceit not aimed at making someone seem foolish

C

to cod

vsto dupe

• UK

8.8

To trick someone as a joke

is serious deceit rather than a joking hoax

Antonyms

E

to enlighten

55 4.8

To give someone clear information to help them understand something

How Deceptive

to swindle

20 5.5

to dupe

58 6.4

to fool

704 2.1

to trick

326 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology