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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cheat \Cheat\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, noun, {Escheat}.]
1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.
2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.
To cheat winter of its dreariness. --W. Irving.
Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: {adulterous}, {cheating(a)}, {two-timing(a)}]
2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)}, {dirty}, {foul}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
noun
1: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: {cheat}, {cheating}]
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