cheat
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.
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. to be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on): Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife.
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds: He is a cheat and a liar.
a fraud; swindle; deception: The game was a cheat.
Law. the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.
an impostor: The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.
Origin of cheat
1synonym study For cheat
Other words for cheat
Other words from cheat
- cheat·a·ble, adjective
- cheat·ing·ly, adverb
- outcheat, verb (used with object)
- un·cheat·ed, adjective
- un·cheat·ing, adjective
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How to use cheat in a sentence
When the audience laughed he added that, “They think freedom would benefit them but they were cheated.”
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West | IranWire, Shima Sharabi | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Westerners have been cheated when it comes to sex,” he says.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West | IranWire, Shima Sharabi | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFans felt cheated by the abrupt end of a marriage seasons in the making (to Lady Mary, played by Michelle Dockery).
‘The Walking Dead’ Fans Demand: Bring Back Beth! | Melissa Leon | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers cheated by taking crib sheets to the blackboard with them, concealing them from Jackson but not from the other students.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he chooses to cap a climactic chase seen with yet another baffling fall, we feel cheated.
Jacob cheated his brother out of the parental blessing, and lied about God, and lied to his father to accomplish his end.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThe crowd dispersed, disappointed; cheated out of their anticipated scene of an arrest for horse-stealing.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonMy brother was right, Monkey-face has constantly cheated us; it is evident that this deed emanates from him alone.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardTo their last day Jenkins's clients went about, showed themselves, cheated the devouring egotism of the crowd.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetAnd David told how he had been locked out of his own house, and cheated out of his rest.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for cheat
/ (tʃiːt) /
to deceive or practise deceit, esp for one's own gain; trick or swindle (someone)
(intr) to obtain unfair advantage by trickery, as in a game of cards
(tr) to escape or avoid (something unpleasant) by luck or cunning: to cheat death
(when intr, usually foll by on) informal to be sexually unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, or lover)
a person who cheats
a deliberately dishonest transaction, esp for gain; fraud
informal sham
law the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means
the usual US name for rye-brome
Origin of cheat
1Derived forms of cheat
- cheatable, adjective
- cheater, noun
- cheatingly, adverb
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