cheat

Definitions

1. 1noun

   An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

2. 2noun

   One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.

3. 3noun

   A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.

4. 4noun

   The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.

5. 5noun

   To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.

6. 6noun

   To beguile.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

8. 8noun

   Wheat, or bread made from wheat.

9. 9noun

   a deception for profit to yourself

   Synonyms

   cheating
10. 10noun

    the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

    "that book is a fraud"

    Synonyms

    rigswindle
11. 11noun

    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

    Synonyms

    beguilercheaterdeceiverslickertrickster
12. 12noun

    weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

    Synonyms

    chess
13. 13noun

    weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

    Synonyms

    darneltare
14. 14verb

    defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Synonyms

    chicanechousejockeyscrewshaft
15. 15verb

    deprive somebody of something by deceit

    "The con-man beat me out of $50"

    "This salesman ripped us off!"

    Synonyms

    chisel
16. 16verb

    engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

    "Who's chiseling on the side?"

    Synonyms

    chisel
17. 17verb

    be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

    "She cheats on her husband"

    "Might her husband be wandering?"

    Synonyms

    betraycuckoldwander