as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien
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Recent Examples of duped
Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Consumers, who also see seemingly legitimate payment methods such as Amazon Pay or PayPal, are sometimes duped given the similarity in appearance between legitimate and illegitimate websites.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, a British multinational design and engineering company in Hong Kong lost $25 million to fraudsters after an employee was duped by scammers using deepfake tech to pose as its chief financial officer and other staff.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Knowing how to identify a scam and who is most likely to be duped is the first step in combatting these fraudulent schemes.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
But Sadie views the truth as a contest between the duped and the clear-eyed.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Just last month, it was reported that the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was duped into a Zoom call with a top Ukrainian official who turned out to be a deepfake.
—Miles Taylor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
The former radio presenter was duped for nearly a decade by someone within her inner circle who posed as a man named Bobby Jandu.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Consumers, who also see seemingly legitimate payment methods such as Amazon Pay or PayPal, are sometimes duped given the similarity in appearance between legitimate and illegitimate websites.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, a British multinational design and engineering company in Hong Kong lost $25 million to fraudsters after an employee was duped by scammers using deepfake tech to pose as its chief financial officer and other staff.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Knowing how to identify a scam and who is most likely to be duped is the first step in combatting these fraudulent schemes.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
But Sadie views the truth as a contest between the duped and the clear-eyed.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Just last month, it was reported that the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was duped into a Zoom call with a top Ukrainian official who turned out to be a deepfake.
—Miles Taylor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duped
Adjective
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Smash’s Megan Hilty steps into the Meryl Streep part (and cribs Streep’s bio for her own in the Playbill) as the deluded actress Madeline Ashton.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this morning, abusive and deluded homeless man dressed in white was shouting up and down our street, blowing on trumpet.Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Phishing efforts would fail because the passkey would not be transmitted if an attacker created a phony website or deceived a victim.Mark Vena, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The indictment alleges that Adani and his associates deceived investors by concealing the bribery scheme.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Don't be fooled into thinking a nice hotel is less likely to have bedbugs.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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But, don’t be fooled, Jewels intends to enter the competition with intention and strategy.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Duped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duped. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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