cheat

Noun
  1. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land;
    Seeds sometimes considered poisonous (synset 112145700)
    is a type of: rye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
    same as: bearded darnel, darnel, lolium temulentum, tare
  2. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat (synset 112131755)
    is a type of: brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
    same as: bromus secalinus, chess
  3. Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (synset 110017621)
    is a type of: offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
    subtypes:
    same as: beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
  4. The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (synset 100781784)
    "that book is a fraud"
    is a type of: fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
    subtypes:
    • cozenage, scam - a fraudulent business scheme
    • bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    • gip, gyp - (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating
    • pyramiding - a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
    • holdout - the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
    • swiz - British slang for a swindle
    • shell game, thimblerig - a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
    same as: rig, swindle
  5. A deception for profit to yourself (synset 100755767)
    is a type of: deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation - the act of deceiving
    subtypes: gerrymander - an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
    same as: cheating
Verb
  1. Deprive somebody of something by deceit (synset 202579332)
    "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"
    entail: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
    is a type of: victimise, victimize - make a victim of
    subtypes:
    same as: chisel, rip off
  2. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit (synset 201107035)
    is a type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    same as: chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft
  3. Engage in deceitful behavior;
    Practice trickery or fraud (synset 202580591)
    "Who's chiseling on the side?"
    is a type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
    subtypes:
    same as: chisel
  4. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (synset 202582588)
    "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
    is a type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
    subtypes:
    same as: betray, cheat on, cuckold, wander

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