DUPE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
v.

To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. Coleridge.


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