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cheat
[ cheet ]
verb (used with object)
- to defraud; swindle:
He cheated her out of her inheritance.
- to deceive; influence by fraud:
He cheated us into believing him a hero.
- to elude; deprive of something expected:
He cheated the law by suicide.
verb (used without object)
- to practice fraud or deceit:
She cheats without regrets.
- to violate rules or regulations:
He cheats at cards.
- to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers.
- Informal. to be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on ):
Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife.
noun
- a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
He is a cheat and a liar.
Synonyms: swindler, mountebank, phony, fake, fraud, charlatan, dodger, sharper, trickster
- a fraud; swindle; deception:
The game was a cheat.
- Law. the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.
- an impostor:
The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.
cheat
/ tʃiːt /
verb
- to deceive or practise deceit, esp for one's own gain; trick or swindle (someone)
- intr to obtain unfair advantage by trickery, as in a game of cards
- tr to escape or avoid (something unpleasant) by luck or cunning
to cheat death
- informal.whenintr, usually foll by on to be sexually unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, or lover)
noun
- a person who cheats
- a deliberately dishonest transaction, esp for gain; fraud
- informal.sham
- law the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means
- the usual US name for rye-brome
Derived Forms
- ˈcheatable, adjective
- ˈcheatingly, adverb
- ˈcheater, noun
Other Words From
- cheata·ble adjective
- cheating·ly adverb
- outcheat verb (used with object)
- un·cheated adjective
- un·cheating adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cheat1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This comes in part from the fact that the Cullinan has a cheat sheet.
They were salt-packed and full of “preservatives” and that ghastly enemy, MSG, but more than anything, they were the tools of cheats.
“There should be a cheat sheet out there for what test to use when,” Wells said.
For example, when you’re gearing up for a big promotional launch, create a cheat sheet of pre-written social copy and send over several variations that fit different channels.
Using that formula, which is a bit of a cheat, e-commerce is now closer to 21%.
Cheat, in other words—on God, on our fellow man, ultimately, on ourselves.
If a Queen did cheat, her crimes fade into insignificance compared to the extensive philandering engaged in by medieval monarchs.
Clients who are wary of online transactions are liable to see escorts with print ads as less likely to cheat or scam them.
Vennare adds that cheat days can occasionally do more harm than good.
And if so, is it possible to “cheat” without feeling the effects or seeing them on the scale?
He turned to Miller, and said haughtily in his imperfect English, “Did you see the cheat, you?”
And thirdly he knew that his adversary would cheat if he could and that his adversary suspected him of fraudulent designs.
She had submitted to giving up the salmon, but the devil himself should not cheat her out of her dessert.
I soon find out when they are trying to cheat me; then they come smirking and smiling with 'Guten Abis.'
The tongue can't cheat the brain, and right now reading is out of the question.
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