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Cheat

Cheat Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cheat? [n] a deception for profit to yourself [n] the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [n] someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [n] weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [n] weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [v] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit [v] 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" [v] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" [v] be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" 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[rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden. 2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson 3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}. 4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak. 2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott. To cheat winter of its dreariness. --W. Irving. Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. \Cheat\, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. \Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet['e] goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. --Chapman.

Cheat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cheat?

[n] a deception for profit to yourself
[n] the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
[n] someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
[n] weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
[n] weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
[v] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
[v] 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"
[v] engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
[v] be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

Cheat In Webster's Dictionary

\Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.]
1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
   fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
   imposture.

         When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.

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

         Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson

3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
   fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}.

4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
   intentional active distortion of the truth.

Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
      symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
      and against which common prudence could not have
      guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.

Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
     swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.


\Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.]
1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to
   swindle.

         I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
         cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.

2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.

         To cheat winter of its dreariness.    --W. Irving.

Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent;
     beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach;
     delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.


\Cheat\, v. i.
To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.


\Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet['e] goods, chattels.]
Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton.

      Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued
      in paste.                                --Chapman.

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