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Word: Dupe
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 17th century: from dialect French dupe ‘hoopoe’, from the bird's supposedly stupid appearance
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
djuːp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
deceive; trick
Short Definition:deceive
Examples:- the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story
Word: Dupe
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
djuːp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a victim of deception
Short Definition:victim of deception
Examples:- men who were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders
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