cheateryn.
/ˈtʃiːtəri/ The practice of cheating; swindling, trickery.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Dvii Now I vnderstand by what chetory it was woon.
1678–1712 J. Lauder Decisions I. 359 (Jam.) Their cheatry, falshood, and unfaithfulness to their trust.
1823 J. Galt Entail III. xxi. 201 Ye Goliah o'cheatrie!
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. iii. 65 If you only cheat five times a-day, and give a tenth of your cheatery to the poor.
1867 W. Stubbs Gesta Regis Henrici II II. Pref. Much room for exaction, cheatery, and litigation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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