Cheating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.]
     1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to
        swindle.
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              I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
              cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.
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     2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.
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              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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cheating
       adj 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}]
       n : a deception for profit to yourself [syn: {cheat}]