[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cheat \cheat\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cheated; p. pr.  vb. n.
   cheating. see cheat, n., escheat.
   1. to deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to
      swindle.
      1913 webster

            i am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
            cunning hath cheated me of this island. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to beguile. --sir w. scott.
      1913 webster

            to cheat winter of its dreariness.    --w. irving.

   syn: to trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent;
        beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach;
        delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.
        1913 webster
see also:
cheated cheating cheat escheat 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cheating
     adj 1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and
            wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" syn: adulterous, cheatinga,
             two-timinga
     2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
        "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
        serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" syn: cheatinga,
         dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
     n : a deception for profit to yourself syn: cheat
see also:
adulterous cheatinga two-timinga dirty foul unsporting 
unsportsmanlike cheat 

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