Synonyms:
victim, dupe
Meaning: a person who is tricked or swindled
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put_on, take_in, put_one_over, put_one_across
Meaning: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
Usage examples
In any case, I am not his dupe."
Certainly she had to take more than one look at the every-day implements she carried to retain that balance of judgment which should prevent her from becoming the dupe of her own expectations.
He became in time much attached to him; and defended him from the jealous attacks of his courtiers, and the indignation of those who were grieved to see their monarch the easy dupe of a charlatan.
He had almost counted on the thief taking one craven look at his constabulary disguise and then leaping through the window--fleeing like a wolf in the night--he, Travers Gladwin, remaining a veritable hero of romance to sooth and console Helen and gently break the news to her that she had been the dupe of an unscrupulous criminal.