dupe

Example Sentences

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The gang even made fake double yellow lines made from stickers to dupe police.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It took a hit this week after former executives accused it of manipulating markets to dupe consumers into buying its products.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Her younger sister might be a candidate for a dupe version of a high-end coat, handbag or pair of sunglasses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Not to mention that your subjects will probably realize if they’ve been served a vegetable-based dupe of the real thing.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2025

The Helena Independent called Rankin “a dagger in the hands of the German propagandists, a dupe of the Kaiser...a crying schoolgirl,” even though a majority of her constituents opposed the war.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling