cheat
noun
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
“that book is a fraud”
a deception for profit to yourself
Synonymscheating
verb
deprive somebody of something by deceit
“The con-man beat me out of $50”
“This salesman ripped us off!”
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
“Who's chiseling on the side?”
Synonymschiselbe sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
“She cheats on her husband”
“Might her husband be wandering?”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
