Definitions for cheat
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentumnoun

   weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

2. chess, cheat, Bromus secalinusnoun

   weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

3. deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slickernoun

   someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

4. swindle, cheat, rignoun

   the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

   "that book is a fraud"

5. cheat, cheatingverb

   a deception for profit to yourself

6. cheat, rip off, chiselverb

   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. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockeyverb

   defeat someone through trickery or deceit

8. cheat, chiselverb

   engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

   "Who's chiseling on the side?"

9. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wanderverb

   be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

   "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cheatnoun

   Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

2. cheatnoun

   A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.

3. cheatnoun

   A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.

4. cheatverb

   To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

   My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.

5. cheatverb

   To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.

   My husband cheated on me with his secretary.

6. cheatverb

   To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

7. cheatverb

   To deceive; to fool; to trick.

8. Etymology: Aphetic form of escheat, from

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cheatnoun

   Etymology: from the verb. Some think abbreviated from escheat, because many fraudulent measures being taken by the lords of manours in procuring escheats, cheat the abridgment was brought to convey a bad meaning.

   1. A fraud; a trick; an imposture.

   The pretence of publick good is a cheat that will ever pass, though so abused by ill men, that I wonder the good do not grow ashamed to use it. William Temple.

   Emp’rick politicians use deceit,
   Hide what they give, and cure but by a cheat. Dryden.

   When I consider life, ’tis all a cheat;
   Yet, fool’d with hope, men favour the deceit.
   Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay;
   Tomorrow’s falser than the former day;
   Lyes worse; and while it says, we shall be blest,
   With some new joys cuts off what we possest. Dryden.

   2. A person guilty of fraud.

   Dissimulation can be no further useful than it is concealed; for as much as no man will trust a known cheat. South.

   Like that notorious cheat, vast sums I give,
   Only that you may keep me while I live. John Dryden, Cleomenes.

2. To CHEATverb

   Etymology: of uncertain derivation; probably from acheter, Fr. to purchase, alluding to the tricks used in making bargains.

   1. To defraud; to impose upon; to trick. It is used commonly of low cunning.

   It is a dangerous commerce, where an honest man is sure at first of being cheated; and he recovers not his losses, but by learning to cheat others. Dryden.

   There are a sort of people who find that the most effectual way to cheat the people, is always to pretend to infallible cures. John Tillotson, Preface.

   2. It has of before the thing taken away by fraud.

   I that am curtail’d by this fair proportion,
   Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
   Deform’d, unfinish’d. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cheat

   Cheating generally describes various actions designed to subvert rules in order to obtain unfair advantages. This includes acts of bribery, cronyism and nepotism in any situation where individuals are given preference using inappropriate criteria. The rules infringed may be explicit, or they may be from an unwritten code of conduct based on morality, ethics or custom, making the identification of cheating conduct a potentially subjective process. Cheating can refer specifically to infidelity. Someone who is known for cheating is referred to as a cheat in British English, and a cheater in American English. A person described as a "cheat" doesn't necessarily cheat all the time, but rather, relies on deceitful tactics to the point of acquiring a reputation for it.

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1. cheat

   To cheat is to act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, competition, or examination. It can also refer to deceiving or tricking someone by not following the rules or by using deceitful methods.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cheatnoun

   an act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture

2. Cheatnoun

   one who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater

3. Cheatnoun

   a troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess

4. Cheatnoun

   the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth

5. Cheatnoun

   to deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle

6. Cheatnoun

   to beguile

7. Cheatverb

   to practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards

8. Cheatnoun

   wheat, or bread made from wheat

9. Etymology: [Perh. from OF. chet goods, chattels.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cheat

   chēt, v.t. to deceive, defraud, impose upon.—v.i. to practise deceit.—n. a fraud: one who cheats.—ns. Cheat′er, one who cheats: (Shak.) an officer who collected the fines to be paid into the Exchequer; Cheat′ery (coll.), cheating.—Put a cheat upon, to deceive.—Tame cheater, a decoy. [M. E. cheten, a form of escheten, to escheat.]

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   • Deceive
   • Fraud
   • Ryegrass
   • Victimize

Anagrams for cheat »

1. tache

2. teach

3. Teach

4. theca

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cheat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cheat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cheat in a Sentence

1. John Thorn:

   This is old wine in new bottles, the new bottle is digital technology. But the old wine is the impulse to cheat or stretch the rules for personal or corporate advantage.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

3. Roy Moore:

   We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message, the forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal – even inflict physical harm – if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me.

4. Jimmy Carter:

   They say that it's the right thing to do, but when it comes down to (doing things like) voting in the Congress or taking action in their place of employment, they say, 'Well, let's cheat women a bit longer. We can get away with it.'.

5. Adam Schiff:

   But for the courage of someone willing to blow the whistle, he would have gotten away with it, instead, he got caught. He tried to cheat, and he got caught.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cheat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cheat
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cheat
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheat
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cheat