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 Still, hackers can infiltrate companies by duping an employee into installing malware on their computer or exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in their software or network. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duping
  1. tricking
  2. fooling
  3. deceiving
Verb
  • The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • RatHat relies heavily on tricking someone into installing a malicious Android app and approving powerful permissions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricking
Verb
  • In the highlight, Marshall retrieves the ball and oddly fires it back to the infield, fooling no one.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of fooling
Verb
  • But looks are deceiving in this case – just like the 3X Plus and 3X before it, the trailer stretches out via three individual telescopic segments that emerge at the push of a button.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Facebook’s lawyers argued that the state failed to prove whether people were actually harmed by these deceiving statements.
    — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceiving

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“Duping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duping. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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