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cheat       (chēt)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats

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

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

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


[Middle English cheten, to confiscate, short for acheten, variant of escheten, from eschete, escheat; see escheat.]

cheat'er n.
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