dupe
/djuːp/verb
उच्चारण ड्यूप
ठगना, धोखा देना, मूर्ख बनाना
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Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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[T] ~ sb (into doing sth)
to trick or cheat somebody
ठगना, धोखा देना, मूर्ख बनाना
- He was duped into paying a fake fee.
- Fraudsters often dupe elderly people by calling them and pretending to be bank officials.
- Don't be duped by emails that offer easy money.
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- The company duped customers into buying faulty products.
- Several students were duped into paying for fake admission letters.
- She felt foolish after being duped by a smooth-talking salesman.
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[C] formal
a person who is tricked or cheated
ठगा गया व्यक्ति
- an innocent dupe
- The old woman was a dupe of the clever stranger who promised to double her money.
- He was a willing dupe in the fraudster's plan.
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- The villagers were the dupes of a false promise of jobs.
- Nobody wants to be the dupe of a clever trickster.
?Which word?
Keep the trick words together: dupe, deceive, hoodwink (trick somebody), con (informal, trick to get money), swindle (cheat out of money), bamboozle (confuse to trick).
धोखे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dupe, deceive, hoodwink (किसी को धोखा देना), con (अनौपचारिक, पैसे के लिए धोखा), swindle (पैसे ठगना), bamboozle (उलझाकर धोखा देना)।
§Grammar and usage
Dupe sb into doing sth ('duped into buying fake gold').
Dupe का structure 'dupe sb into doing sth' है, जिसका अर्थ है किसी को धोखा देकर कुछ करवा लेना, जैसे 'duped into buying fake gold' (धोखे से नकली सोना ख़रीदवा दिया गया)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who is easily tricked is gullible or a dupe; a person who tricks others a swindler or con artist.
आसानी से ठगा जाने वाला gullible या dupe; दूसरों को ठगने वाला swindler या con artist।