What does dupe mean?
Dupe means A person who has been deceived..
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/dʒuːp/ · noun
A person who has been deceived..
It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.
I am responding to Allen Young's letter to the editor concerning two articles I wrote for GCN about my experiences in Cuba. The gist of Mr. Young's letter is that I am a commie dupe and the Cubans who shared there opinions and experiences with me were simply lying.
Can you dupe this photo for me?
That night, a shaken camera operator dupes the tape and leaks a copy to the press.
Use dupe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dupe means A person who has been deceived..
Common synonyms include chump, chumpion, cousin, cull.
Possible antonyms include dedupe, halve.
It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard.
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