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cheat in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
    darnel  tare  bearded darnel  cheat  Lolium temulentum 
  2. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    deceiver  cheat  cheater  trickster  beguiler  slicker 
  3. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
    chess  cheat  Bromus secalinus 
  4. a deception for profit to yourself
    cheat  cheating 
  5. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    "that book is a fraud"
    swindle  cheat  rig 
verb
  1. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
    cheat on  cheat  cuckold  betray  wander 
  2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    cheat  chouse  shaft  screw  chicane  jockey 
  3. 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"
    cheat  rip off  chisel 
  4. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
    "Who's chiseling on the side?"
    cheat  chisel 
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