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duped

1

[ doopt, dyoopt ]

adjective

  1. deceived, fooled, or tricked:

    There are no duped people in this sequence of events, only those who have chosen to remain willfully ignorant.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe 1( def ).

duped

2

[ doopt, dyoopt ]

adjective

, Informal.
  1. (especially of recorded sound or images) duplicated.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of dupe 2( def ).

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Example Sentences

“People are getting wise to the trick and nobody wants to feel they are behind duped,” he says.

He was duped into silly offensive fouls when smaller men moved in behind him as he powered toward the basket.

If the women were duped, that consent can retroactively be denied.

One of his victims was Vegas singer Wayne Newton, who was one of the lucky ones since he was only duped out of $850.

In any case, I doubt that being duped by Iran is what Obama officials worry about most.

If the above fail to open the eyes of the duped workmen of this country, what will succeed in doing so?

Ah, beloved brethren, all this is true; and still we say we will be slaves to none, nor let ourselves be duped by gentle words.

But the Whig chiefs were not men to be duped by the professions of so notorious a liar.

He thinks you were duped after the death of the king into accepting that castle on Madame Diane's overthrow.

Now, jealousy and perception awoke together—at one sweeping glance backward, she saw herself slighted—foiled—duped!

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