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verb

Cheat v. t. (past & past part. cheated; pres. part. cheating)

1.

To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. "I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island."

2.

To beguile. "To cheat winter of its dreariness."

Synonyms: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.

Cheat v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

noun

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."

2.

One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. "Airy wonders, which cheats interpret."

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. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law.

Synonyms: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.

Cheat n. Wheat, or bread made from wheat. (Obs.) "Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste."

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Etymology of 'Cheat'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cheat" Quotes from Famous Books

... acquired through God revealing it to them, as stated in Rom. 1:19. Since, however, certain philosophers misuse the truth in order to assail the faith, the Apostle says (Col. 2:8): "Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men . . . and not according to Christ": and Dionysius says (Ep. vii ad Polycarp.) of certain philosophers that "they make an unholy use of divine things against that which is divine, and by divine wisdom strive to destroy ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... to the Banyansin power in Zanzibar are the Mohammedan Hindis. Really it has been a debateable subject in my mind whether the Hindis are not as wickedly determined to cheat in trade as the Banyans. But, if I have conceded the palm to the latter, it has been done very reluctantly. This tribe of Indians can produce scores of unconscionable rascals where they can show but one honest merchant. One of the honestest among men, white or black, red or ...

— How I Found Livingstone • Sir Henry M. Stanley

... Simon, visibly flattered. "You have, at least, a good memory, queen. But you ought to have paid attention to what I said to you. I am no 'sir,' I am a simple cobbler, and earn my poor bit of bread in the sweat of my brow, while you strut about in your glory and happiness, and cheat God out of daylight. Then I held the hand of your daughter in my fist, and she cried out for fear, merely because a poor fellow ...

— Marie Antoinette And Her Son • Louise Muhlbach

... tendency of the greatest strength and social appeal, tendencies toward a sharing by all of the burdens heretofore borne only by the heads of families. Some way must be devised by which such sharing will not cheat society of any gains to character and to sense of family responsibility which old systems of economic support of children have given the race. Some way must be devised to recognize as economic assets of society the special sacrifice and service of the ...

— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer

... aliment given to the stomach. The longer and more difficult the work of the stomach, the less frequent are its calls. It is a kind of compromise with hunger; the people are able neither to suppress it nor to satisfy it; they endeavor to cheat it. We have also been assured that this weed cannot be eaten alone; it must be mixed with vegetables, since of itself it has no nutritive ...

— Irish Race in the Past and the Present • Aug. J. Thebaud

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