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dupe

/duːp/ noun C2
  1. A duplicate of a photographic image. (informal)
  2. A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff. (informal)
  3. A word which appears more than once in a crossword puzzle. (informal)
  4. A counterfeit; a fake, a (typically cheaper) copy (of some legitimate consumer product, design, etc). (informal)
  5. An unanticipated method or incident by which duplicates of in-game items are created; a duplication glitch.
  6. An in-game item that was created by means of a duplication glitch.

Plural dupes

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It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley’s pretended regard.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 331 · B2
I could endure it all, ill-usage, solitude, a life of deception, everything, as long as I could still cling to the hope that I had his love, but now I know that in this also I have been his dupe and his tool.” She broke into passionate sobbing as she spoke.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 197 · C1
“There is a dupe somewhere.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 603 · C1
“He is worn out,” said Debray; “besides, he could not well appear in public, since he has been the dupe of the Cavalcanti, who, it appears, presented themselves to him with false letters of credit, and cheated him out of 100,000 francs upon the hypothesis of this principality.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1051 · C1

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