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• n  a person who is tricked or swindled
• v  fool or hoax
  The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone

• His student and dupe is Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), a naive journalist trying to get a scoop for his Midwestern newspaper.
• Venice's historic treasures have one drawback: they can dupe visitors into believing the city is stuck in a time warp.
• Geithner has found a way around his critics, or better, has found a way to dupe them.

• victim
• gull
• slang
• befool
• cod
• fool
• put on
• take in
• put one over
• put one across

News & Articles

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• Woman accused as posing as singer to dupe elderly man
  FAYETTEVILLE — Authorities in northwest Arkansas have arrested a woman accused of posing as bluegrass performer Allison Krauss as part of a scheme to dupe an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.
  June 6, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Woman accused as posing as singer to dupe AR man
  Authorities in northwest Arkansas have arrested a woman accused of posing as bluegrass performer Allison Krauss as part of a scheme to dupe an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.
  June 6, 2013 - KAIT Jonesboro
• Woman accused as posing as singer to dupe Ark. man - WXVT-TV Delta News - More Local News and Weather WXVT.com |
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in northwest Arkansas have arrested a woman accused of posing as bluegrass performer Allison Krauss as part of a scheme to dupe an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.
  June 5, 2013 - WXVT 15 Greenville

Quotes

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• Cyrus Vance in The Associated Press
  You may be asking yourselves how John Haggerty managed to dupe Mayor Michael Bloomberg, his staff and his advisers, a group of highly educated, sophisticated people,Vance said. "To put it simply: They trusted him."
• George Stephanopoulos in Forbes
  In it, Stephanopoulos said he "felt like a dupe" for defending Clinton's character and painted an often unflattering portrait of the president.
• Tom Tancredo in Charlotte Observer
  The new bill's authors "seem to think that they can dupe the American public into accepting a blanket amnesty if they just call it `comprehensive' or `earned legalization' or `regularization,"' said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a presidential...