duping
present participle ofdupe
dupe
verb[T]
uk/dʒuːp/us/duːp/todeceivesomeone, usually by making thatpersondo something that they did notintendto do:
Thegirlswere duped bydrugsmugglersintocarryingheroinfor them.
Synonym
fool
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
Examplesofduping
duping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The relationship between magnetiser and subject remained therefore ambivalent: how could it be proved that the subject was not reallydupingthe magnetiser?
From theCambridge English Corpus
The possibility ofdupingpeople should never be an acceptable means of administration and it could have damaging consequences.
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This is a case of consumers’ being sold poor and old-fashioned technology by companies that are at presentdupingthem.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We cannot allow ourselves to become notorious fordupingcitizens in this way.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Doorstep quacks aredupinghousewives into buying spectacles for much more than they are worth.
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It is absurd to say that you should use a tax as a means ofdupingthe people.
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He is very largelydupinga lot of simple people.
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This can include all game data or be limited to specific items, characters, or other means determined to be involved in theduping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fences also often use chicanery to pad their profits bydupingthieves (especially small-time thieves) about quality, quantity, and price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are featured prominently throughout the novel,dupingmany local townspeople with their various get-rich-quick schemes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modern persistent world games include automated detection ofduping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He progressed todupingpeople into donating money to him and betrayed the trust of his employers by stealing from them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You are nowdupingthe public.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dupingcan vastly destabilize a virtual economy or even the gameplay itself, depending on the item duplicated and the rate at which duplication occurs.
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