Cheat

n.	1.	An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. - Dryden.
	2.	One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. - Johnson
	3.	(Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; - called also chess. See Chess.
	4.	(Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
v. t.	1.	To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. - Shak.
	2.	To beguile. To cheat winter of its dreariness. - W. Irving.
v. i.	1.	To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
n.	1.	Wheat, or bread made from wheat. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. - Chapman.

Noun	1.	cheat - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous Synonyms: bearded darnel, darnel, Lolium temulentum, tare
	2.	cheat - weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, chess
	3.	cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Synonyms: beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker
	4.	cheat - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" Synonyms: swindle, rig
	5.	cheat - a deception for profit to yourself Synonyms: cheating
Verb	1.	cheat - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" Synonyms: rip off, chisel
	2.	cheat - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit Synonyms: chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft, screw
	3.	cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" Synonyms: chisel
	4.	cheat - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" Synonyms: cheat on, cuckold, wander, betray

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