Cheat Definition
chēt
cheated, cheating, cheats
verb
cheated, cheating, cheats
To deceive by trickery; swindle.
Cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.
American Heritage
To deal with dishonestly for one's own gain; defraud; swindle.
Webster's New World
To deceive by trickery; fool; mislead.
Webster's New World
To practice fraud or deception.
Webster's New World
To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance.
Using the wrong word cheated him of his legacy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- chisel
- fool around
- sting
- victimize
- swindle
- beat
- burn
- clip
- load the dice
- stack the deck
- two-time
- play around
- copy
- plagiarize
- practice fraud
noun
cheats
The act of deceiving or swindling; deception; fraud.
Webster's New World
A person who defrauds, deceives, or tricks others; swindler.
Webster's New World
A person who is sexually unfaithful.
Webster's New World
A code entered into a video game by a player, which allows advancement, as to a higher level, more easily.
Webster's New World
Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.
American Heritage
Origin of Cheat
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From Middle English chete, an aphetic form of eschete (“escheat, the reversion of property to the state if there are no legal claimants”). More at escheat.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English cheten to confiscate short for acheten variant of escheten from eschete escheat escheat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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