SAT vocabulary
Dupe
to deceive or trick (someone).
Example
"The con artist tried to dupe the elderly couple out of their life savings."
Etymology
From French 'dupe' meaning 'a naive person, a gullible person', possibly from a word referring to the hoopoe bird, considered foolish.
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