English dictionary

cheat

noun

Audio pronunciation

Parts of speech

noun verb

Definitions

noun

  1. a deception for profit to yourself

noun

  1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

noun

  1. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

noun

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

noun

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

verb

  1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

verb

  1. deprive somebody of something by deceit

verb

  1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

verb

  1. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Example sentences

that book is a fraud
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
Who's chiseling on the side?
She cheats on her husband
Might her husband be wandering?

Synonyms

cheating swindle rig fraud deceiver cheater trickster beguiler slicker chess darnel tare chouse shaft screw chicane jockey chisel cuckold betray wander
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