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dope (DOHP) (noun)
1. Any drug or narcotic: The slick looking man on the street corner looked like he was selling dope.
2. Slang for someone who is not considered to be very intelligent: When Hans lost the spelling bee, he felt like a complete dope.
dupe (DOOP, DYOOP) (verb)
To deceive by trickery; to fool or to cheat: The man in the hotel tried to dupe Cathleen's friend into paying a high price for a cheap watch.
dupe (DOOP, DYOOP) (noun)
A person who is easily deceived or tricked: Scott was an unwitting dupe in the scheme to trick the woman out of $500.

Any dope who allows a friend to dupe him or her into using dope will feel as if the friend tried to dupe that person into believing that using dope would be a healthy choice.

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dupe (s) (noun), dupes (pl)
1. Anyone who is easily tricked or deceived into doing something that is wrong: "James was a dupe who was convinced by a man that investing in a certain company would bring him a big financial return; however, it turned out that such a business never existed and so James lost $3000."
2. Etymology: borrowed from French dupe, "a deluded" or "deceived person"; borrowed from Middle French duppe.

Similar to duplicity; however it does not come from the same etymological source as duplicity; so, they are primarily related only by their similar meanings.

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dupe (verb), dupes; duped; duping
To persuade or to convince someone into doing something that is unacceptable by deception or trickery: The reporter was duped into writing an article about a well-known person which was full of accusations that were completely false.
To trick or to make someone believe something that is not true.
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Word Entries at Get Words: “dupe”
dupe, dupes; duped; duping
To mislead or to deceive someone into doing something that is not proper or honest. (1)
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