cheat

The definition of a cheat is a dishonest person.

(noun)

An example of a cheat is a person that counts cards while playing poker.

To cheat is defined as to mislead or behave in a dishonest way.

(verb)

An example of to cheat is a student getting the answers to a test from another student.

See cheat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME chete < eschete: see escheat

transitive verb

to deal with dishonestly for one's own gain; defraud; swindle
to deceive by trickery; fool; mislead
to foil or escape by tricks or by good luck: to cheat death
to deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance: using the wrong word cheated him of his legacy

intransitive verb

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See cheat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats

verb, transitive

To deceive by trickery; swindle: cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.
To deprive by trickery; defraud: cheated them of their land.
To mislead; fool: illusions that cheat the eye.
To elude; escape: cheat death.

verb, intransitive

To act dishonestly; practice fraud.
To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards.
Informal To be sexually unfaithful: cheat on a spouse.
Baseball To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected: The shortstop cheated toward second base.

noun

An act of cheating; a fraud or swindle.
One who cheats; a swindler.
A computer application, password, or disallowed technique used to advance to a higher skill level in a computer video game.
Law Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.
Botany An annual European species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in temperate regions.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cheten, to confiscate

Origin: , short for acheten

Origin: , variant of escheten

Origin: , from eschete, escheat; see escheat

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