duperen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French duper. By surface analysis, dupe +‎ -eren.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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duperen

  1. to victimize, unfairly burden someone with a problem
    Hij dupeert zo al zijn buren.He unfairly burdens all his neighbors this way.
    De gedupeerden eisten hun geld terug van de fraudeur.The victims demanded their money back from the fraudster.

Usage notes

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  • Used for victimization in a legal or social sense, rather than a physical or violent sense (i.e., a murderer does not dupeer anyone).

Conjugation

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Conjugation of duperen (weak)
infinitive duperen
past singular dupeerde
past participle gedupeerd
infinitive duperen
gerund duperen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dupeer dupeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) dupeert, dupeer2 dupeerde
2nd person sing. (u) dupeert dupeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) dupeert dupeerde
3rd person singular dupeert dupeerde
plural duperen dupeerden
subjunctive sing.1 dupere dupeerde
subjunctive plur.1 duperen dupeerden
imperative sing. dupeer
imperative plur.1 dupeert
participles duperend gedupeerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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