Cheating

cheating
    adj 1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands
           and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: {adulterous},
           {cheating(a)}, {two-timing(a)}]
    2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
       "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve";
       "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)},
       {dirty}, {foul}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
    n 1: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: {cheat},
         {cheating}]
    

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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