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Definition of 'Cheat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) cheat
to defraud; swindle.

2.  cheat
to deceive; influence by fraud.

3.  cheat
to elude; escape:
to cheat death.

4. (v.i.) cheat
to practice fraud or deceit.

5.  cheat
to violate rules or agreements:
to cheat at cards.

6.  cheat
to take an examination in a dishonest way, as by having improper access to answers.

7.  cheat
to be sexually unfaithful (often fol. by on).

8. (n.) cheat
a person who cheats; swindler; deceiver; imposter.

9.  cheat
a fraud, swindle, or deception.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME cheten to escheat, der. of chet (n.), aph. for achet, var. of eschetescheat)

Definition of 'Cheat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

2. (noun) chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

3. (noun) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

4. (noun) swindle, cheat, rig
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
"that book is a fraud"

5. (verb) cheat, cheating
a deception for profit to yourself

6. (verb) cheat, rip off, chisel
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"

7. (verb) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
defeat someone through trickery or deceit

8. (verb) cheat, chisel
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
"Who's chiseling on the side?"

9. (verb) cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
"She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

Definition of 'Cheat'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) cheat
to behave dishonestly to gain sth
to cheat on an exam; to cheat at chess; cheating the government out of taxes

2. cheat
cheat sb out of sth
to do sth in a way that makes it cheaper or easier
I cheated and bought a cake instead of making one.

Definition of 'Cheat'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Cheat
an act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture

2. (noun) Cheat
one who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater

3. (noun) Cheat
a troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess

4. (noun) Cheat
the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth

5. (noun) Cheat
to deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle

6. (noun) Cheat
to beguile

7. (noun) Cheat
wheat, or bread made from wheat

8. (verb) Cheat
to practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards

Translation of 'Cheat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to act dishonestly to gain an advantage He cheats at cards; He was cheated (out of ten dollars).
Afrikaans: kul	Arabic: يَغُش، يَخْدَع	Bulgarian: мамя
Brazilian: trapacear	Czech: podvádět	German: betrügen
Danish: snyde	Greek: κλέβω	Spanish: engañar, estafar, timar
Estonian: petma	Farsi: تقلب کردن؛ کلاهبرداری کرد	Finnish: huijata
French: tricher	Hebrew: לְרָמוֹת	Hindi: कपट करना
Croatian: prevariti, varati	Hungarian: csal	Indonesian: menipu
Icelandic: svindla	Italian: ingannare, barare	Japanese: だます
Korean: 속이다	Lithuanian: apgau(dinė)ti	Latvian: krāpt; blēdīties
Malay: menipu	Dutch: bedrog plegen, bedriegen	Norwegian: snyte, bedra, svindle, ju
Polish: oszukiwać	Persian: تقلب کردن؛ کلاهبرداری کرد	Pashto: ټګى كول: تېر ايستل، غولول
Portuguese: enganar	Romanian: a trişa, a înşela	Russian: жульничать; обжуливать
Slovak: podvádzať	Slovenian: goljufati	Serbian: varati
Swedish: fuska, lura, bedra	Thai: ทุจริต	Turkish: hile yapmak, aldatmak
Taiwanese: 欺詐	Ukrainian: обманювати, обдурювати	Urdu: دھوکا دینا ، فریب کرنا
Vietnamese: lừa đảo	Chinese: 欺诈
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