āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to dupe
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to trick someone into believing something that is not true
Transitive: to dupe sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She felt ashamed after realizing she had been duped by the smooth-talking salesman into buying a faulty product.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ-āĻāĻžāĻˇā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
a person who is easily tricked or deceived
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He felt like a dupe after sending money to the online scammer.
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻāĻ˛, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻŋ
a cheaper or imitation version of a designer or high-end product
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
This lipstick is a perfect dupe for the luxury brand.
āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢā§āĻā§āĻ dupeāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
