Dupe (Verb)
Meaning
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The con artist was able to dupe the elderly woman out of her life savings.
- The fake online review was an attempt to dupe customers into buying the low-quality product.
- The scammer's promise of easy wealth was able to dupe many unsuspecting investors.
- The comedian's joke was so clever that it duped even the most skeptical of critics.
- The fake email was designed to dupe the company's employees into revealing their passwords.