It was an embellished warehouse that the Nazis used to deceive visitors and international officials. Parker fooled customers into buying polyester sweaters, which he claimed were 100% cashmere, and then rejoiced at how easy it was. Anyone who disagreed with their thinking, including his Republican colleagues, was a traitor, a liar, or an imposter. Had my mind really been transported to Mars, or had I been the fool of a purely imaginary illusion? Dupe can also refer to the victim of a trick or joke and – used in this sense – he sometimes conveys the idea that the victim can be easily deceived. Dupe comes from the French word for a species of bird called hoopoe, which has an extravagant crest and a reputation for being dumb. (And no, this is not another attempt to deceive you; it is the truth!) Males co-opted by the fungus also flap their wings like females to entice other males to have sex. But Mr. Howard, fool or rogue, was very busy letting the world know the details of this extraordinary affair. He knows when a feeling is simple and when it is complex, when the heart is crazy of the mind, and when the senses are. Wohl and Burkman also deceived The Washington Post last year when the couple staged a fake FBI raid, which the Post briefly reported on and then deleted. He imagined himself to be the madman of one of those mirages he had seen more than once in his dreamy moods.

Steven decided to cheat on his doctor when he returned from his elite boarding school exhausted by the intense competition going on there. Anyone who does not know this and who is a socialist is only one of the herds where he is an imposter. It is insulting to pretend that they are just fools or tools. However, we are less inclined to accept that we are made to vote in a certain way by the great forces of social media. But they apparently rejected the idea that Rana remained a fool after the bloodbath that occurred in India. “I understand, sir,” said Young, an MBA graduate who said he felt “cheated” by the oath keepers and whose sister was also charged after joining the group. A dupe is a furry ceremonial hat worn during ancient pagan rituals. Or not. Dupe actually means “to deceive or to deceive.” We are sorry that we tried to make you believe the wrong definition. French, from Middle French duppe, probably modification of Huppe hoohupe.