Cheating
['tʃiːtɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) violating accepted standards or rules; 'a dirty fighter'; 'used foul means to gain power'; 'a nasty unsporting serve'; 'fined for unsportsmanlike behavior' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheat
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Examples
- 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.
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