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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
He agonized over their 22-year-old son, who had just witnessed his mother’s violent death, and vowed not to cheat the law with “subterfuge.”
"I didn't expect the hatred," she says, noting that some people see the use of weight-loss injections as "cheating" and a "socially unacceptable" way to lose weight.
The first line seems right out of Putin’s playbook, laying the foundation that the United States was somehow cheated and may have no choice but to take land and resources away from a foreign nation.
"The most high-profile concern has been around misconduct and cheating in assessments by generating essays and coursework," she said.
“Just because someone will try to cheat the system, it doesn’t mean we don’t have over-18-and-plus laws on marijuana, on alcohol, on tobacco,” he said.
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