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duped

[doopt, dyoopt] / dupt, djupt /




ADJECTIVE
fooled
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
clear cognizant unfooled untricked


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"You can build a vault with mathematical firewalls, but if the individual holding the keys can be duped, the vault is opened," said Dr Clive Summerfield, head of FARx, a biometrics in AI security company.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The opera fails to explain how these mothers were duped into sending their children behind enemy lines in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Marcello Hernández’s Rubio initially delivered his appeal in Spanish, only to abandon the pitch and admit that he, too, had been duped.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

But even if there’s no hard camera footage of Kao giving Collins burlap sacks full of cash, there is undoubtedly a story that she got duped into delivering federal dollars to a scammer.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

The entertainers duped people by interrupting a musical program with newsflashes, which the public had come to trust.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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