DUPING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

duping

verb

present participle of dupe

as in tricking

to cause to believe what is untrue we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien

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Recent Examples of duping This week, a council member in Paradise accused the group of duping him into appearing in a commercial without disclosing who was behind the campaign. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Apple’s decision to briefly remove Telegram from the App Store has been blamed on a blackmailer duping the company into executing a takedown, according to Telegram’s CEO. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 In February last year, a federal lawsuit charging Sun with duping investors was paused before being settled for a $10-million fine. — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Jurk was almost immediately called out for duping Castillo into touching the gloves, a sign of respect, at the beginning of the fight. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Or the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS into another quagmire? — Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Scammers posing as law-enforcement or bank officials used fraudulent websites disguised as legitimate investment platforms to defraud victims across the globe by duping them into sending cryptocurrency, according to an FBI agent's affidavit. — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 But behind the scenes, AllHere was heading for financial collapse, and its founder, Joanna Smith-Griffin, was arrested on federal charges in the fall of 2024 for allegedly duping investors. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 This isn’t the first time that Musk has been dragged into court to defend himself against allegations of duping investors with his social media posts. — Staff, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

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In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Children were taken by tricking mothers, who were told their baby had died during childbirth.

— Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of tricking

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Anybody hoping that a Netanyahu defeat in October and the emergence of a less controversial successor will reset the table is likely fooling themselves.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Throughout all the commotion, Romelu Lukaku acted as decoy, holding on to the ball, fooling everyone, including the TV producer, who pulled up a graphic showing his recent penalty record.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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Your eyes aren't deceiving you — the little delivery robots rolling down Washington DC streets are becoming a more common sight.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Oura is facing accusations of deceiving customers about the accuracy of its sleep-tracking features on its popular smart rings.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

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