dupe

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. gull, victim, cully, cat'spaw; fool; puppet, tool; butt, laughingstock, April fool; sucker, chump (both inf.); easy mark, soft touch, pushover, pigeon (all sl.). —v. t. cheat, defraud, swindle; hoodwink, deceive, delude. See credulity, deception.

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(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. fool, trick, victimize, hoodwink; see cheat , deceive .

See Synonym Study at cheat .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

victim, *easy mark, *chump, gull, *sucker, *patsy, *pushover, dummy, fall guy, *sap, pawn, *babe in the woods.

ANT.: *no-body s fool, quick study

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v.

*put one over on, trick, fool, take in, delude, *pull the wool over one's eyes, *rope in, deceive, cheat, *snooker, *buffalo, *snow.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A person who is easily deceived or victimized: butt3, fool, gull, lamb, pushover, victim. Informal: sucker. Slang: fall guy, gudgeon, mark, monkey, patsy, pigeon, sap1. Chiefly British: mug. See WISE. 2. A person used or controlled by others: cat's-paw, instrument, pawn2, puppet, stooge, tool. See OVER. II verb To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. Informal: bamboozle, have. Slang: four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See HONEST.