Sentence examples for dupe out of from inspiring English sources

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The parson in question, Mr. Boggis, is actually an antiques dealer, but he disguises himself as a clergyman in order to gain the trust of the credulous country folk he wishes to dupe out of their precious antiques.

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"Part of the reality of growing up," she said, "is having a kid dupe you out of a valuable card".

But Razor has been duped out of his by a dodgy manager.

The Twits delight in brazenly reminding their guests of how they were duped out of their livelihood.

The Metropolitan police has called for victims of online dating fraud to come forward and identify scammers as concern grows about the scale of the problem, with women typically being duped out of nearly £50,000.

One victim of such calls, a 74-year-old woman living on her own and in receipt of pension credit, told the Observer she had been duped out of £90 for a call-blocking device that she didn't need.

"I was duped out of the money somehow, his management didn't pay me, and I thought, this isn't good, I don't even want to play this stuff".

[A20.] Opening Salvos in Daimler Trial Lawyers for Kirk Kerkorian, left, the billionaire Las Vegas casino operator and the largest shareholder of the premerger Chrysler, argued in federal court that he was duped out of billions of dollars in the merger of DaimlerChrysler, but the company said Mr. Kerkorian supported the deal and grew disgruntled only when his shares lost value.

Prosecutors contend that the Italian revenue service was duped out of taxes on the sale of the brands, which they claim were sold well below market value, and on the income from royalties, which were taxed in Luxembourg at a much lower rate than they would have been in Italy.

A lawyer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he frequently represents public pension funds said, "You've got a movement afoot to capture the zeitgeist of the country, which is: executive pay is too high, governance is a big issue, people have been duped out of their pensions".

A lawyer for the owner of a group of rare, early prints by the photographer Diane Arbus said on Wednesday that the auction house Phillips de Pury canceled the sale because of concerns about a recent lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was duped out of the prints.

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