cheat
/tʃˈit/
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Definitions
Noun
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Noun
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Noun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Noun
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Noun
a deception for profit to yourself
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
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
Verb
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who''s chiseling on the side?"
Verb
be sexually unfaithful to one''s partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
Synonyms
bearded darnel
beguiler
betray
Bromus secalinus
cheat on
cheater
cheating
chess
chicane
chisel
chouse
cuckold
darnel
deceiver
jockey
Lolium temulentum
rig
rip off
screw
shaft
slicker
swindle
tare
trickster
wander
More General Terms
beat
beat out
brome
bromegrass
cozen
crush
deceit
deceive
deception
delude
dissembling
dissimulation
fraud
lead on
offender
rye grass
ryegrass
shell
trounce
vanquish
victimise
victimize
wrongdoer
More Specific Terms
beat
beguile
betrayer
bilk
bluffer
bunco
bunco game
bunk
bunko
bunko game
charlatan
chiseler
chiseller
con
con game
confidence game
confidence trick
cook
counterfeiter
cozen
cozenage
crib
decoy
defalcator
defraud
defrauder
diddle
dissembler
dissimulator
dodger
double-crosser
double-dealer
embezzler
fake
faker
falsifier
falsify
figurehead
finagler
fleece
flimflam
fool around
forger
fortune hunter
four-flusher
fox
fraud
front
front man
fudge
gazump
gerrymander
gip
goldbrick
gouger
grifter
gyp
holdout
hoodwink
hook
hornswoggle
hustle
hypocrite
imitator
impersonator
imposter
impostor
job
juggle
liar
manipulate
misleader
misrepresent
mountebank
mulct
nobble
nominal head
obscurantist
overcharge
peculator
phoney
phony
play around
pluck
plume
pretender
prevaricator
pseud
pseudo
pyramiding
rig
rob
role player
rook
sandbagger
scam
scammer
set up
sham
shammer
shark
shell game
short-change
slyboots
soak
steerer
sting
straw man
strawman
surcharge
swindle
swindler
swiz
thimblerig
traitor
two-time
two-timer
utterer
victimize
wangle
wangler
welch
welsh
whipsaw