Dupe
One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.
To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.
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Dupe Quotations
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.
Giacomo Casanova
We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.
Giacomo Casanova
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.
William Hazlitt
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
William Hazlitt
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
Demosthenes
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.
Dawn Powell
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Dupe Translations
dupe in Hungarian is balek
dupe in Latin is frustro
dupe in Norwegian is narre, lure, lettlurt
dupe in Swedish is narra, lura
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