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cheat C0263400 (chēt)v. cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats v.tr.1. To deceive by trickery; swindle: cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.2. To deprive by trickery; defraud: cheated them of their land.3. To mislead; fool: illusions that cheat the eye.4. To elude; escape: cheat death.v.intr.1. To act dishonestly; practice fraud.2. To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards.3. Informal To be sexually unfaithful: cheat on a spouse.4. Sports To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected: The shortstop cheated toward second base.n.1. An act of cheating; a fraud or swindle.2. One who cheats; a swindler.3. A technique that exploits a flaw or hidden feature in a video game or computer program.4. Law Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.5. Botany Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus, an annual European grass widespread as a weed. [Middle English cheten, to confiscate, short for acheten, variant of escheten, from eschete, escheat; see escheat.] cheat′er n.cheat (tʃiːt) vb1. to deceive or practise deceit, esp for one's own gain; trick or swindle (someone)2. (intr) to obtain unfair advantage by trickery, as in a game of cards3. (tr) to escape or avoid (something unpleasant) by luck or cunning: to cheat death. 4. informal (when: intr, usually foll by on) to be sexually unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, or lover)n5. a person who cheats6. a deliberately dishonest transaction, esp for gain; fraud7. informal sham8. (Law) law the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means9. (Plants) the usual US name for rye-brome[C14: short for escheat] ˈcheatable adj ˈcheater n ˈcheatingly advcheat (tʃit) v.t. 1. to defraud; swindle. 2. to deceive; influence by fraud. 3. to elude; escape: to cheat death. v.i. 4. to practice fraud or deceit. 5. to violate rules or agreements: to cheat at cards. 6. to take an examination in a dishonest way, as by having improper access to answers. 7. to be sexually unfaithful (often fol. by on). n. 8. a person who cheats; swindler; deceiver; imposter. 9. a fraud, swindle, or deception. [1325–75; Middle English cheten to escheat, derivative of chet (n.), aph. for achet, variant of eschet escheat] cheat′a•ble, adj. cheat′ing•ly, adv. syn: cheat, deceive, trick, victimize refer to the use of fraud or artifice to obtain an unfair advantage or gain. cheat usu. means to be dishonest in order to make a profit for oneself: to cheat customers by shortchanging them. deceive suggests misleading someone by false words or actions: He deceived his parents about his whereabouts. trick means to mislead by a ruse or stratagem, often of a crafty or dishonorable kind: I was tricked into signing the note. victimize means to make a victim of; it connotes a particularly contemptible act: to victimize a blind person. cheat Past participle: cheated Gerund: cheating
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I cheat | you cheat | he/she/it cheats | we cheat | you cheat | they cheat |
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I cheated | you cheated | he/she/it cheated | we cheated | you cheated | they cheated |
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I am cheating | you are cheating | he/she/it is cheating | we are cheating | you are cheating | they are cheating |
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I have cheated | you have cheated | he/she/it has cheated | we have cheated | you have cheated | they have cheated |
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I was cheating | you were cheating | he/she/it was cheating | we were cheating | you were cheating | they were cheating |
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I had cheated | you had cheated | he/she/it had cheated | we had cheated | you had cheated | they had cheated |
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I will cheat | you will cheat | he/she/it will cheat | we will cheat | you will cheat | they will cheat |
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I will have cheated | you will have cheated | he/she/it will have cheated | we will have cheated | you will have cheated | they will have cheated |
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I will be cheating | you will be cheating | he/she/it will be cheating | we will be cheating | you will be cheating | they will be cheating |
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I have been cheating | you have been cheating | he/she/it has been cheating | we have been cheating | you have been cheating | they have been cheating |
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I will have been cheating | you will have been cheating | he/she/it will have been cheating | we will have been cheating | you will have been cheating | they will have been cheating |
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I had been cheating | you had been cheating | he/she/it had been cheating | we had been cheating | you had been cheating | they had been cheating |
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I would cheat | you would cheat | he/she/it would cheat | we would cheat | you would cheat | they would cheat |
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I would have cheated | you would have cheated | he/she/it would have cheated | we would have cheated | you would have cheated | they would have cheated | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | cheat - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonousbearded darnel, darnel, Lolium temulentum, tarerye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses | | 2. | cheat - weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheatBromus secalinus, chessbrome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | | 3. | cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slickeroffender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawbluffer, four-flusher - a person who tries to bluff other peoplechiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger - a person who swindles you by means of deception or frauddecoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)dodger, slyboots, fox - a shifty deceptive persondouble-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, betrayer - a person who says one thing and does anotherdefalcator, embezzler, peculator - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own usefalsifier - someone who falsifiesfinagler, wangler - a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methodscounterfeiter, forger - someone who makes copies illegallyfortune hunter - a person who seeks wealth through marriagefront man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, figurehead, front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activitydissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesimitator, impersonator - someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of anotherfaker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake - a person who makes deceitful pretensesliar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedlymisleader - someone who leads astray (often deliberately)charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokesobscurantist - a person who is deliberately vaguesandbagger - someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of youtwo-timer - someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody elseutterer - someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins | | 4. | cheat - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"swindle, rigcozenage, scam - a fraudulent business schemefraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another personbunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, con, sting - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertypyramiding - a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflatedholdout - the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use laterswiz - British slang for a swindleshell game, thimblerig - a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under | | 5. | cheat - a deception for profit to yourself cheatingdissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceivinggerrymander - an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) | Verb | 1. | cheat - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"rip off, chiselgazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower pricecozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable pricebunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bilk - cheat somebody out of what is due, especially moneybunk, beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"whipsaw - victimize, especially in gambling or negotiationswelch, welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debtvictimise, victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"beguile, hoodwink, juggle - influence by slyness | | 2. | cheat - defeat someone through trickery or deceitchicane, chouse, jockey, shaft, screwbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" | | 3. | cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"chiseljob - profit privately from public office and official businessshark - play the shark; act with trickeryrig, set up - arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"cozen - act with artful deceitcrib - use a crib, as in an examcozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest withfudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" | | 4. | cheat - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"cheat on, cuckold, wander, betraycozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest withtwo-time - carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same timeplay around, fool around - commit adultery; "he plays around a lot" |
cheatverb1. deceive, skin (slang), trick, fool, take in (informal), con (informal), stiff (slang), sting (informal), mislead, rip off (slang), fleece, hoax, defraud, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), do (informal), swindle, stitch up (slang), victimize, bamboozle (informal), hoodwink, double-cross (informal), diddle (informal), take for a ride (informal), bilk, pull a fast one on (informal), finagle (informal) He cheated an old woman out of her life savings.2. foil, check, defeat, prevent, frustrate, deprive, baffle, thwart He cheated death when he was rescued from the blazing cottage.noun deceiver, sharper, cheater, shark, charlatan, trickster, con man (informal), impostor, fraudster, double-crosser (informal), swindler, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chiseller (informal) He's nothing but a rotten cheat.Proverbs "Cheats never prosper"cheatverb1. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.2. Informal. To be sexually unfaithful to another:philander, womanize.Informal: fool around, mess around, play around.noun1. An act of cheating:fraud, swindle, victimization.Informal: flimflam.Slang: gyp.2. A person who cheats:bilk, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper.Translationscheat (tʃiːt) verb to act dishonestly to gain an advantage. He cheats at cards; He was cheated (out of ten dollars). 欺詐 欺诈 noun1. a person who cheats. He only wins because he is a cheat. 騙子 骗子2. a dishonest trick. 欺騙 欺骗cheat
cheat sheet1. A piece of paper or other document containing information about or the solutions to questions of a test or exam, which may be used for cheating, studying, or by someone grading said exam. Jim was caught using a cheat sheet during his test and failed the course as a result. My friend gave me a great cheat sheet to use while studying for my final exam.2. Any document on which complex or difficult information is summarized so as to allow for easy reference and/or understanding. I made a cheat sheet of everyday Japanese phrases so I would know how to say at least a few things while in Tokyo next week!See also: cheat, sheetcheat the wormsTo avoid death, especially after having a serious illness. Refers to the worms often found near a decaying body. A: "I heard that Ellen cheated the worms! Is that true? Last I saw her, she was so sick." B: "Oh, yeah! She's doing great now!" I hope I can cheat the worms and make a full recovery—but I feel so sick right now.See also: cheat, Wormscheat at (something)To act deceptively or unfairly while completing a task or participating in a competition. My little brother cheats at every board game, so it's not much fun to play with him.See also: cheatcheat on (someone or something)1. To act deceptively or unfairly while completing a task or participating in a competition. I can't believe that Katie cheated on the test—I always thought she was an honest person.2. To be unfaithful to one's romantic partner. Well, I heard that Jane cheated on Rob, and that's really why they're getting divorced.See also: cheat, oncheat (one) out of (something)To steal or deny one one's due property by swindling. That dishonest real estate broker cheated us out of millions.See also: cheat, of, outcheats never prosperPeople who use dishonest means will not find true success. I'm not too worried about Eric getting ahead of me in the class rankings. I know he cheated on his last test, and cheats never prosper!See also: cheat, never, prospercheat at somethingto use deception while competing [against someone]. They say she cheats at cards. The mob is likely to cheat at getting the contracts.See also: cheatcheat on someoneto commit adultery; to be unfaithful to one's spouse or lover. "Have you been cheating on me?" cried Mrs. Franklin. He was caught cheating on his wife.See also: cheat, oncheat someone out of somethingto get something from someone by deception. Are you trying to cheat me out of what is rightfully mine? She cheated herself out of an invitation because she lied about her affiliation.See also: cheat, of, outCheats never prosper. and Cheaters never prosper.Prov. If you cheat people, they will not continue to do business with you, and so your business will fail. Customer: You charged me for ten artichokes, but you only gave me nine. Grocer: Too bad. You should have counted them before you paid for them. Customer: Cheats never prosper, you know.See also: Cheat, never, prospercheat onBe sexually unfaithful to, as in They broke up right after she found he was cheating on her. [Colloquial; 1920s] See also: cheat, oncheat onv.1. To behave fraudulently during some process or activity: The teacher caught the student cheating on the test.2. To be unfaithful to someone, especially a spouse or lover: I hired a private detective to see if my spouse was cheating on me.See also: cheat, oncheat
cheat Law the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means MedicalSeeCheatingcheat Related to cheat: Cheat codesSynonyms for cheatverb deceiveSynonyms- deceive
- skin
- trick
- fool
- take in
- con
- stiff
- sting
- mislead
- rip off
- fleece
- hoax
- defraud
- dupe
- beguile
- gull
- do
- swindle
- stitch up
- victimize
- bamboozle
- hoodwink
- double-cross
- diddle
- take for a ride
- bilk
- pull a fast one on
- finagle
verb foilSynonyms- foil
- check
- defeat
- prevent
- frustrate
- deprive
- baffle
- thwart
noun deceiverSynonyms- deceiver
- sharper
- cheater
- shark
- charlatan
- trickster
- con man
- impostor
- fraudster
- double-crosser
- swindler
- grifter
- chiseller
Synonyms for cheatverb to get money or something else from by deceitful trickerySynonyms- bilk
- cozen
- defraud
- gull
- mulct
- rook
- swindle
- victimize
- chisel
- flimflam
- take
- trim
- diddle
- do
- gyp
- stick
- sting
verb to be sexually unfaithful to anotherSynonyms- philander
- womanize
- fool around
- mess around
- play around
noun an act of cheatingSynonyms- fraud
- swindle
- victimization
- flimflam
- gyp
noun a person who cheatsSynonyms- bilk
- cheater
- cozener
- defrauder
- rook
- sharper
- swindler
- trickster
- victimizer
- chiseler
- crook
- flimflammer
- diddler
- gyp
- gypper
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