Definition of Dupe
Dupe
du·pe


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A person who is easily deceived or manipulated.

e.g. The con artist made a fortune by selling fake art to unsuspecting dupes.

(verb)
to make a copy of something, to duplicate it;

e.g. He tried to dupe the files onto his computer drive.

(noun)
a person who is easy to cheat, a person who gets tricked or deceived;

e.g. The conman was looking for a dupe he could easily rob.

(noun)
in informal usage a copy or duplicate;

e.g. I was able to find a dupe of the expensive product I had been looking for.



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