Definition of cheat

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cheat - 10 definitions

- noun
1. darnel -- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
synonyms: darnel, tare, bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. chess -- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
synonyms: chess, Bromus secalinus
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. deceiver -- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
synonyms: deceiver, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. swindle -- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
synonyms: swindle, rig
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. cheat -- a deception for profit to yourself
synonyms: cheating
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
6. 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"
synonyms: rip off, chisel
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. cheat -- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
synonyms: chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. cheat -- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
synonyms: chisel
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. cheat on -- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
synonyms: cheat on, cuckold, betray, wander
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. cheat, bilk -- to defraud
synonyms: bilk, cheats, cheated, cheating, chiz, chizz
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 

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