duping

Variant of dupe

noun

a person easily tricked or fooled

Origin: Fr < OFr duppe, cant alteration of L upupa, hoopoe, stupid bird

transitive verb duped, duping

to deceive by trickery; fool or cheat

Origin: Fr duper < the n.

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