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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cheat \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.
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I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.
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2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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