cheatverb [ I or T ]
uk/tʃiːt/us/tʃiːt/B2 to behave in a dishonest way in order to get what you want:
Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the exam.
He cheats at cards?
She cheated in the test by copying from the boy in front.
I suspect he cheats on his taxes (= avoids paying as much tax as he should).
They cheat people by charging too much for building materials.
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- They set up a double-cross to cheat him of his money.
- He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.
- He'd do anything to cover his ass, including lie, cheat and murder.
- The winner has been disqualified for cheating, so justice has been done .
- There were instances of brazen cheating in the exams.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
- worm
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Idiom(s)
cheat death
Phrasal verb(s)
cheat on sb
cheat sb out of sth
cheatnoun
uk/tʃiːt/us/tʃiːt/[ C ] a person who behaves in a dishonest way:
Trouble broke out in the match when one of the players called a member of the other team a cheat.
[ S ] something dishonest that makes people believe that something is true when it is not:
You can use cocoa powder to make the cake rather than chocolate - it's a bit of a cheat, but nobody notices the difference.
[ C ] a collection of instructions or special information that someone can use to help them play a computer game more successfully:
the latest game cheats
cheat codes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dishonest people
- bullshit
- charmer
- cheater
- deceive
- fibber
- hoax
- hustler
- hypocrite
- knave
- liar
- perjure
- profiteer
- ringer
- scammer
- scheme
- trickster
- wheeler-dealer
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Cheating & tricking
Computer programming & software