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
- She duped her roommate by telling her the apartment was haunted to get her to move out.
- The inexperienced investor was duped by the real estate agent who sold him a worthless property.
- The victim was duped into revealing her bank account number over the phone by a scammer.
- He managed to dupe his siblings into doing all the household chores while he played video games.
- The detective was not duped by the suspect's alibi and discovered the evidence that proved his guilt.