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cheat - a deception for profit to yourself |
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cheating |
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deceit,
deception,
dissembling,
dissimulation the act of deceiving
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gerrymander an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
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| Verb |
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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" |
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chisel |
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cozen,
deceive,
delude,
lead on cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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victimise,
victimize punish unjustly
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gazump raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
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cozen cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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fleece,
gazump,
hook,
overcharge,
pluck,
plume,
rob,
soak,
surcharge shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
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bunco,
con,
defraud,
diddle,
gip,
goldbrick,
gyp,
hornswoggle,
mulct,
nobble,
rook,
scam,
short-change,
swindle,
victimize impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"
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bilk evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
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beat,
bunk come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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whipsaw saw with a whipsaw
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welch,
welsh cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
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beguile,
hoodwink,
juggle hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"
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| 2. |
cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
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chisel |
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cozen,
deceive,
delude,
lead on cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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job work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
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shark hunt shark
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rig,
set up equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"
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cozen cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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crib line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
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cook,
fake,
falsify,
fudge,
manipulate,
misrepresent,
wangle transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"
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cheat - defeat someone through trickery or deceit |
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chouse,
shaft,
screw,
chicane,
jockey |
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beat,
beat out,
crush,
shell,
trounce,
vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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