n. | 1. | An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. |
2. | One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. | |
3. | (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; - called also | |
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. |
2. | To beguile. | |
v. i. | 1. | To practice fraud or trickery; |
n. | 1. | Wheat, or bread made from wheat. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: Bromus secalinus, chess | |
3. | cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
4. | cheat - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" | |
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" |
2. | cheat - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit | |
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?" |