Cheat
[tʃiːt] or [tʃit]
Definition
(noun.) a deception for profit to yourself.
(verb.) defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; 'Who's chiseling on the side?'.
Edited by Cecilia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
(n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
(n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
(n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
(n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
(n.) To beguile.
(v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
(n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, impose upon.
n. [1]. Trick, deception, imposture, imposition, juggle, stratagem, finesse, fraud, circumvention, delusion, artifice, deceit, chouse, BAM.[2]. Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, cheater, artful fellow.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deception, fraud, imposition, trick, artifice, illusion, imposture, swindle,finesse, deceit, lie, fiction
ANT:Troth, reality, verity, fact, certainty, genuineness, verification, honesty,authenticity
SYN:Overreach, fleece, silence, trick, gull, cozen, juggle, defraud, swindle, dupe,beguile, deceive, deprive, hoodwink, prevaricate, dissemble, shuffle, inveigle
ANT:Enlighten, guide, remunerate, compensate, undeceive, disabuse
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- He did cheat, I saw him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There was no sham and no cheat, and no hollow unreal in him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The townsmen despise and cheat the nomads, the nomads ill-treat and despise the townsfolk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But that's the way you cheat yourself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I'll cheat you yet! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We don't cheat in America, but you can, if you choose, said Jo angrily. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You spare, thin men are always tempting and always cheating Death! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Serve him right, said Sir Pitt; him and his family has been cheating me on that farm these hundred and fifty years. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It means lowering the value of the stone, and cheating the rogues in that way! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Kicked on that occasion for cheating at dice? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ever live by cheating at play? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I believe that on the day of the murder Adair had discovered that Moran was cheating. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The check was handed back to him, and Edison, fancying for a moment that in some way he had been cheated, went outside to the large steps to let the cold sweat evaporate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Moreover, there is little evidence that the commonalty felt cheated by the priests, or had anything but trust and affection for the early priesthoods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is curious, when a man is bent upon play, by what clumsy rogues he will allow himself to be cheated, Dobbin said; and Emmy said, Indeed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Looking out for a king and queen, and seeing only a middle-aged soldier and a rather young lady, I felt half cheated, half pleased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Epstein,' said Bergmann, 'you have cheated me, and I will no longer sell by the lot, but will sell only by the pound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If I kept the secret, my silence concealed the character of the man who had cheated Laura into marrying him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am cheated in fewer things than you imagine. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Every body lies and cheats--every body who is in business, at any rate. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Most of the cheats of existence are strong. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are not to be thought of as cheats or usurpers of power, nor the rest of mankind as their dupes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You don't suppose Crawley cheats? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I believe, she said, I was quite mista'en in my thoughts of you: but there is so mony cheats goes about, you mun forgie me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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