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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cheat /tʃit/USA pronunciation v. - to lie (to) or behave dishonestly (with): [no obj]:She had a bad experience in Italy with a street merchant who cheated.[~ + object]She cheated me.[~ + object + out of + object]She cheated me out of my inheritance.
- to violate rules or agreements: [no object]They were afraid the enemy would cheat during any weapons inspection.[ ~ + at + obj]:to cheat at cards.
- to take an examination in a dishonest way, such as by having improper means of getting answers:[no object]I'm sure she was cheating on that test.
- Informal Terms cheat on, [~ + on + object] to be sexually unfaithful to (someone).
- [~ + object] to get away from;
escape from: to cheat death.
n. [countable] - a person who cheats;
an impostor:She's a cheat and a crook. - an act that cheats or deceives;
swindle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cheat (chēt),USA pronunciation v.t. - to defraud;
swindle:He cheated her out of her inheritance. - to deceive;
influence by fraud:He cheated us into believing him a hero. - to elude;
deprive of something expected:He cheated the law by suicide.
v.i. - to practice fraud or deceit:She cheats without regrets.
- to violate rules or regulations:He cheats at cards.
- to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers.
- Informal Termsto be sexually unfaithful (often fol. by on):Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife.
n. - a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:He is a cheat and a liar.
- a fraud;
swindle;
deception:The game was a cheat. - Lawthe fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.
- an impostor:The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.
- 1325–75; Middle English chet (noun, nominal) (aphetic for achet, variant of eschet escheat); cheten to escheat, derivative of chet (noun, nominal)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mislead, dupe, delude; gull, con; hoax, fool. Cheat, deceive, trick, victimize refer to the use of fraud or artifice deliberately to hoodwink or obtain an unfair advantage over someone. Cheat implies conducting matters fraudulently, esp. for profit to oneself:to cheat at cards.Deceive suggests deliberately misleading or deluding, to produce misunderstanding or to prevent someone from knowing the truth:to deceive one's parents.To trick is to deceive by a stratagem, often of a petty, crafty, or dishonorable kind:to trick someone into signing a note.To victimize is to make a victim of; the emotional connotation makes the cheating, deception, or trickery seem particularly dastardly:to victimize a blind man.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swindler, trickster, sharper, dodger, charlatan, fraud, fake, phony, mountebank.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged imposture, artifice, trick, hoax.
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