duperen

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Inflection

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	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.

Derived terms

• dupering