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verb

1. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal chisel, flimflam, take, trim. Slang diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest/dishonest.
2. To be sexually unfaithful to another: philander, womanize. Informal fool around, mess around, play around. See sex/asexual.

noun

1. An act of cheating: fraud, swindle, victimization. Informal flimflam. Slang gyp. See honest/dishonest.
2. A person who cheats: bilk, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang diddler, gyp, gypper. See honest/dishonest.

n. sunglasses. (Formerly referred to all spectacles. See also shades.)  Get your cheaters on. The sun's really bright.

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IN BRIEF: To act in a dishonest or unfair way in order to get what one wants.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

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sign description: The 3-handshape 'plugs into' the opposite flat hand with the palm facing down.

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Quotes:

"So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal." - William S. Burroughs

"It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are." - O. Henry Porter

"Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods." - English Proverb

"For nothing can seem foul to those that win." - William Shakespeare

noun
noun, US

Spectacles, glasses. (1921 —) .
R. Chandler The eyes behind the rimless cheaters flashed (1949).

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For a list of words related to cheat, see:

• General Sports Terminology
• Morality or Character
• Love and Romance - cheat: (vb) deceive one’s lover with another, secret lover
• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - cheat: (vb) practice fraud and trickery; influence or deprive of something expected by using deceit

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See words rhyming with "cheat."

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Common misspelling(s) of cheat

• sheat

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - snyde, narre, bedrage
v. intr. - snyde
n. - bedrageri, falskspiller, rughejre

idioms:

• cheat on    bedrage, være utro mod

Nederlands (Dutch)
vals spelen, belazeren, bedrog plegen, spieken, afzetten, bedrieger, oplichterij

Français (French)
v. tr. - tromper, dépouiller (qn) de
v. intr. - tricher à (un examen, aux cartes), tromper (qn)
n. - tricheur, tricherie

idioms:

• cheat on    tromper (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - hintergehen, betrügen, mogeln
n. - Betrüger

idioms:

• cheat on    fremdgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξαπατώ, ξεγελώ, αποσπώ με απάτη, (απο)στερώ, κάνω ζαβολιές, κλέβω (στα χαρτιά κ.λπ.), (καθομ.) αντιγράφω σε εξετάσεις
n. - απατεώνας, μπαγαπόντης, κατεργάρης, ζαβολιάρης, απάτη

idioms:

• cheat on    (καθομ.) κερατώνω

Italiano (Italian)
fregare, imbrogliare, estorcere a, ingannare, barare, frodare, truffare, tradire, fare le corna, traditore, imbroglione, truffatore

idioms:

• cheat on    tradire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fraudar, colar em prova, distrair
n. - fraude (f), impostor (m), falsificação (f)

idioms:

• cheat on    ser infiel

Русский (Russian)
обмануть, жульничать, обманщик, жулик

idioms:

• cheat on    изменять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - engañar, defraudar, timar, estafar
v. intr. - hacer trampas o engaños, cometer un fraude o estafa, hacer un timo
n. - tramposo, fullero, estafador, timador

idioms:

• cheat on    hacer trampa, copiar (en un examen)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lura, fuska, bedra
n. - svindlare (vard.), bedrägeri, fusk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欺骗, 哄骗, 骗取, 诈取, 侥幸逃脱, 行骗, 表现不忠, 不贞, 作弊, 骗子

idioms:

• cheat on    考试作弊, 有外遇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 欺騙, 哄騙, 騙取, 詐取, 僥倖逃脫
v. intr. - 行騙, 表現不忠, 不貞, 作弊
n. - 欺騙, 騙子, 作弊

idioms:

• cheat on    考試作弊, 有外遇

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 속이다, 용케 면하다, 이럭저럭 넘기다
v. intr. - 부정한 짓을 하다
n. - 속임수, 부정행위, 사기꾼

idioms:

• cheat on    부정을 저지르다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詐欺, 詐欺師, カンニング, カラスノチャヒキ
v. - だます, だまして取る, うまくのがれる, 欺く

idioms:

• cheat on    隠れて浮気する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) غش, خدع (الاسم) غشاش, محتال, نصاب, دجال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רימה, בגד, התחמק‬
v. intr. - ‮רימה, בגד‬
n. - ‮רמאי, רמאות, תכסיס רמאות‬

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