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▪ I. cheating, vbl. n.|ˈtʃiːtɪŋ|
[f. cheat v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb cheat. †a. Confiscation of an escheat (obs.). b. Fraud, deceit, swindling.
c1440Promp. Parv. 73 Chetynge, confiscacio. 1532Dice-Play B v, The first..ground of Chetinge is..a studdy to seme to be, and not to be in deede. a1734North Sir D. North 134 Falsities, such as cheating by Weights or Measures. 1845Polson Law in Encycl. Metrop. 816/1 Cheating is the obtaining from any one, under false pretences, any chattels, money or valuable security, with intent to cheat or defraud him of the same. 1860Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. iv. iii, ‘But, Bob,’ said Maggie, looking serious, ‘that's cheating’.
▪ II. ˈcheating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cheats; fraudulent, swindling, deceitful.
1532Dice-Play D iij, Such cheting craftes. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus ii. Introd. §19 A vicious cheating knave. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull iii. vi, That Old Lewis Baboon, it is the cheatingest, contentious Rogue, upon the Face of the Earth. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 158 The cheating tradesman..shall be deprived of his goods. |