as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
an explanation of how the swindler was able to escape with all of the dupe's money
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
he built a dupe of the original model, which is locked in a vault
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as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Mini-sized beauty and fashion items can often be an entry point into luxury without having to resort to dupes, or cheaper duplicates of more expensive brands, Keller said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
Paresh Dave, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, details several ways in which Stubhub allegedly dupes customers.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
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Noun
The liquid metallic eyeshadow, $6 from e.l.f, is an affordable dupe that is easy to apply and long-lasting.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Mini-sized beauty and fashion items can often be an entry point into luxury without having to resort to dupes, or cheaper duplicates of more expensive brands, Keller said.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
Verb
Google accused Local Lighthouse, a California marketing company, of placing robocalls to dupe small businesses into paying to improve their ranking in search results.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, details several ways in which Stubhub allegedly dupes customers.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
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Voters could be deceived into submitting funds to a joint pool of money to support a candidate.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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The pair find themselves in trouble after a hazing incident goes wrong, and attempt to lie, deceive and seduce their way out of bother.Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Your partner is either fooling himself or attempting to fool you.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Fischer, who played the paper company's receptionist Pam (until she was promoted), explained that creator Greg Daniels even filmed a fake version of the episode to fool them.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The stunning corruption scheme finally came to an end in September 2013, when authorities tricked his NCIS mole into thinking the most serious investigations had been closed and then invited Francis to San Diego for a meeting with Navy officials.Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Dupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dupe. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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