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cheating
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.cheating (ˈtʃiːtɪŋ) n1. an instance of rule-breaking2. chiefly US infidelityThesaurusNoun | 1. | cheating - a deception for profit to yourself cheatdissimulation, 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) | Adj. | 1. | cheating - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"two-timing, adulterousunfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful" | | 2. | cheating - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"unsporting, unsportsmanlike, foul, dirtyunfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" | TranslationsGaunereitrichetricherieimbrogliojuksEncyclopediaSeecheatCheating Sports medicine Slang for the use of ancillary muscles to achieve a particular movement—e.g., bench presses—because the muscle group normally used for the movement has been overloaded Vox populi The use of subterfuge, deceit or fraud in one’s interpersonal or business interactionscheating
Synonyms for cheatingnoun a deception for profit to yourselfSynonymsRelated Words- dissimulation
- deception
- dissembling
- deceit
- gerrymander
adj not faithful to a spouse or loverSynonymsRelated Wordsadj violating accepted standards or rulesSynonyms- unsporting
- unsportsmanlike
- foul
- dirty
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