What does DUPE mean?

Definitions for DUPE
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. victim, dupeverb

    a person who is tricked or swindled

  2. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

    fool or hoax

    "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

Wiktionary

  1. dupenoun

    A person who has been deceived.

  2. dupenoun

    A duplicate of a photographic image.

  3. dupenoun

    A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.

  4. dupenoun

    A duplicate.

  5. dupeverb

    To swindle, deceive, or trick.

  6. dupeverb

    To duplicate a photographic image.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DUPEnoun

    A credulous man; a man easily tricked.

    Etymology: dupe, French, from duppe, a foolish bird easily caught.

    An usurping populace is its own dupe, a mere underworker, and a purchaser in trust for some single tyrant. Jonathan Swift.

    First slave to words, then vassal to a name,
    Then dupe to party; child and man the same. Dunciad.

  2. To Dupeverb

    To trick; to cheat.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The throne a bigot keep, a genius quit;
    Faithless through piety, and dup’d through wit. Alexander Pope, Epist.

ChatGPT

  1. dupe

    A "dupe" generally refers to a person who is easily deceived or tricked. Additionally, it can also describe a copy or imitation of something, often in the context of a product or item. In the digital world, it may also refer to a duplicate piece of data or information.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dupenoun

    one who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer

  2. Dupenoun

    to deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery

  3. Etymology: [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houprik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also Gull, Booby.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dupe

    dūp, n. one easily cheated: one who is deceived or misled.—v.t. to deceive: to trick.—n. Dupabil′ity.—adj. Dū′pable.—n. Dū′pery, the art of deceiving others. [Fr. dupe; of uncertain origin.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUPE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUPE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of DUPE in a Sentence

  1. Thiruman Archunan:

    A man who evades his own conscience is a dupe.

  2. Suparna Gupta:

    It's not as if shutting them down stopped trafficking, but reopening them would legitimize it and give traffickers another reason to dupe and abuse women and girls, a majority of dance bars were doubling up as brothels, and we established a clear link between many rescued minor girls and these establishments.

  3. Daniel Russel:

    Just as this week's 'tactical weapon' test was a signal to warn Trump that his much-vaunted 'freeze' is in jeopardy, the verbal attack on Pompeo is meant to encourage Trump to ignore his hardline advisers and make a deal with his 'friend' Kim Jong Un, as long as the North Koreans believe they can flatter and dupe the U.S. president into making important concessions ... they will resist dealing with less gullible and more demanding subordinate U.S. officials.

  4. Vinny Green:

    These websites are designed to be as misleading as possible, this industry that's been created can dupe even the most sophisticated reader. And I think that's important to realize.

  5. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

    If somebody had mal intent going into that [process], and they had no prior record that would lead anybody in law enforcement or the security establishment to question their motives, you could easily see where somebody could dupe the system.

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