 cheat |
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| 1. | [ verb ] deprive somebody of something by deceit | |
| Synonyms: | rip_off sell_short chisel beat | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | victimize overcharge swindle juggle bilk cozen beat gazump whipsaw welsh heist deceiver deceive | |
| 2. | [ verb ] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit | |
| Synonyms: | jockey shaft chicane screw chouse | |
| Related terms: | beat trickery deceiver | |
| 3. | [ verb ] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | |
| Synonyms: | chisel | |
| Examples: | "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
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| Related terms: | deceive rig job crib shark fudge cozen swindler deceiver | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (botany) weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | |
| Synonyms: | Bromus_secalinus chess | |
| Related terms: | brome | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany) weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | |
| Synonyms: | tare bearded_darnel Lolium_temulentum darnel | |
| Related terms: | rye_grass | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | |
| Synonyms: | rig swindle | |
| Examples: | : "that book is a fraud" |
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| Related terms: | fraud bunco scam swiz holdout pyramiding shell_game swindle rig | |
| 7. | [ noun ] someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
| Synonyms: | cheater trickster beguiler slicker deceiver | |
| Related terms: | wrongdoer front_man hypocrite imposter liar mountebank double-crosser dodger decoy finagler sandbagger two-timer fortune_hunter bluffer impersonator falsifier obscurantist misleader forger utterer swindler deceive juggle | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (sexuality) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | |
| Synonyms: | wander betray cuckold cheat_on | |
| Examples: | "She cheats on her husband" "Might her husband be wandering?" |
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| Related terms: | deceive twotime play_around two-time cuckold | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a deception for profit to yourself | |
| Synonyms: | cheating | |
| Related terms: | deception gerrymander | |
| Similar spelling: |
chat Choat Chait Choate chatty Chahta chaeta chit Chet cheetah chateau Chad Chute chide Chadd Chitty chetah |
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