cheat

cheat: cheat [chēt]

n.

[ME chete < eschete: see ESCHEAT]

1. the act of deceiving or swindling; deception; fraud

2. a person who defrauds, deceives, or tricks others; swindler

3. CHESS²

vt.

1. to deal with dishonestly for one's own gain; defraud; swindle

2. to deceive by trickery; fool; mislead

3. to foil or escape by tricks or by good luck [to cheat death]

4. to deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance [using the wrong word cheated him of his legacy]

vi.

1. to practice fraud or deception

2. to behave dishonestly, as at games or on an examination

☆ 3. Informal to be sexually unfaithful: often with on

cheater

n.

cheatingly

adv.

SYN.- CHEAT, the most general term in this comparison, implies dealing dishonestly or deceptively with someone, to obtain some advantage or gain; DEFRAUD, chiefly a legal term, stresses the use of deliberate deception in criminally depriving a person of rights or property; SWINDLE stresses the winning of a person's confidence in order to cheat or defraud that person of money, etc.; TRICK implies a deluding by means of a ruse, stratagem, etc., but does not always suggest fraudulence or a harmful motive; DUPE¹ stresses credulity in the person who is tricked or fooled; HOAX implies a trick skillfully carried off simply to demonstrate the gullibility of the victim

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Synonyms:

Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, beguile, mislead, cajole, inveigle, gammon, impose upon, take in, swindle, victimize, practise on, entrap, ensnare, hoax, fool, befool, play false, Deceive, practise fraud, act dishonestly, shuffle, dissemble, cozen, juggle / Trick, deception, imposture, imposition, juggle, stratagem, fraud, wile, blind, catch, swindle, snare, trap, pitfall, artifice, deceit, chouse, piece of finesse, bit of knavery, piece of chicanery / False show, delusion, illusion, deception, mockery, sham, counterfeit, make believe, tinsel, paste / Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, cheater, artful fellow, dodger, artful dodger, shuffler, charlatan, mountebank, chevalier d'industrie

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Cheat! — Country of origin United States No. of episodes 174 Production Running time 21 22 minutes Broadcast Original channel … Wikipedia
cheat — [tʆiːt] verb [intransitive, transitive] to deceive someone, break rules, or behave dishonestly, especially in order to make money for yourself: • Not all publishers want to cheat authors. • There are stiff penalties for stockbrokers who cheat… … Financial and business terms
cheat — cheat·er; cheat·ery; cheat·ing·ly; cheat; es·cheat·able; es·cheat·or; re·cheat; es·cheat; cheat·ry; … English syllables
cheat — n fraud, fake, deceit, deception, *imposture, counterfeit, sham, humbug Analogous words: hoaxing or hoax, bamboozling or bamboozlement (see corresponding verbs at DUPE): *deception, trickery, chicanery, chicane: charlatan, quack, mountebank,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cheat´er — cheat «cheet», verb, noun. –v.i. to play or do business in a way that is not honest; practice deceit; act fraudulently: »He always cheats at cards if he can get away with it. –v.t. 1. to deceive or trick; swindle; defraud (of or out of): »The… … Useful english dictionary
Cheat — Cheat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. [1913 Webster] I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cheat — [n1] person who fools others bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double crosser*, doubledealer*, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey,… … New thesaurus
Cheat — Cheat, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cheat — Cheat, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cheat — Cheat, n. [Perh. from OF. chet[ e] goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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