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Describe cheat
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verb
1 [no object] act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage:
she always cheats at cards
[with object] gain an advantage over or deprive of something by using unfair or deceitful methods; defraud:
he had cheated her out of everything she had
informal be sexually unfaithful:
his wife was cheating on him
2 [with object] avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill:
she cheated death in a spectacular crash
noun
a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.
an act of cheating; a fraud or deception.
[mass noun] a children’s card game, the object of which is to get rid of one’s cards while making declarations about them which may or may not be truthful.
Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of escheat (the original sense)