Cheat
WordNet
noun
(1) A deception for profit to yourself
(2) The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
"That book is a fraud"
(3) Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
(4) Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
(5) Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
verb
(6) Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
(7) 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"
(8) Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
"Who's chiseling on the side?"
(9) Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
"She cheats on her husband"
"Might her husband be wandering?"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
- To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
- To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
- To cheat death.
- To cheat fate.
Noun
- Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
- A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.