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dupe
noun as in person who is fooled
verb as in fool someone
Example Sentences
Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it duped customers into signing up for its signature Prime service and made it very difficult for them to cancel.
A jeweller has said AI scammers copied her business name and duped customers into buying cheap items.
As suspicions bedevil him—has he been duped into this marriage?
He duped one woman into handing over thousands of pounds thinking she was investing in the much sought-after luxury handbag, when in fact she was paying his bills at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
“One of two things happened. The city got duped and then has basically decided not to do anything ... Or they knew all along that this was going to happen.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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