cheat

/tʃi:t/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A person who acts dishonestly to gain an advantage: A "cheat" is someone who deceives others or breaks rules for personal benefit.
    • An act of deception or fraud: A "cheat" can also refer to the dishonest act itself.
    • (Botany) Common names for certain weedy plants: In specific contexts, "cheat" refers to annual grasses like Bromus secalinus (cheat grass) found in fields.

  2. Verb:

    • To act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage: The core meaning is to deceive, defraud, or break rules.
    • To be sexually unfaithful to a partner: Often used with "on" to indicate infidelity in a relationship.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • He was exposed as a cheat during the exam. (He was revealed to be a person who acted dishonestly.)
    • The tax scheme was a clever cheat. (The tax scheme was a clever act of fraud.)
    • The field was overrun with cheat. (The field was full of the weedy grass.)

  • Verb:

    • Students must not cheat on tests. (Students must not act dishonestly on tests.)
    • She discovered he had been cheating on her for months. (She discovered he had been unfaithful to her.)
    • The salesman tried to cheat me out of my money. (The salesman tried to defraud me of my money.)
Advanced Usage
  • "cheat death": to narrowly avoid dying.
    • The adventurer cheated death multiple times during the expedition.
  • "cheat the system": to find a way to avoid rules or payments unfairly.
    • He found a loophole to cheat the system and avoid taxes.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cheater (n): Another word for a person who cheats.
    • The game was ruined by a known cheater.
  • Cheating (n/adj): The act or practice of being dishonest.
    • Cheating is strictly prohibited. (n)
    • He was expelled for cheating behavior. (adj)
Synonyms
  • Verb: Deceive, defraud, swindle, trick, con.
  • Noun: Swindler, fraud, impostor, deceiver.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Cheat on: To be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
    • He confessed to cheating on his wife.
  • Cheat out of: To deprive someone of something through deceit.
    • They cheated the elderly couple out of their life savings.
Related Idioms
  • Cheat sheet: A small piece of paper with information used dishonestly in a test, or more generally, any quick reference guide.
    • He hid a cheat sheet in his calculator during the exam. (dishonest)
    • I made a cheat sheet for all the important commands. (reference guide)
  • Cheat the hangman: To escape execution or a death sentence.
    • The prisoner cheated the hangman by dying in his cell.
Noun
  1. a deception for profit to yourself
  2. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    • that book is a fraud
  3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  4. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
  5. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Verb
  1. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    • She cheats on her husband
    • Might her husband be wandering?
  2. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
    • Who's chiseling on the side?
  3. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  4. 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

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