To cheat, overreach; defraud. Obsolete.

To deprive (a person) by fraud of what is his by right, either by fraudulently taking or by dishonestly withholding it from him; to cheat, cozen…

To be or prove false to. To play false to (a person); to betray, deceive. Also absol.

transitive. To misuse the confidence of (someone); to betray (a person's trust, confidence, etc.); to mislead; to cheat, to deceive. Cf. disabuse, v.…

transitive. To defraud, cheat, or deceive (a person).

(transitive) to deceive or impose upon.

To deceive, dupe, beguile, impose upon.

To swindle, cheat; to trick, dupe, deceive. transitive.

To ‘take in’; cheat. Obsolete.

To defraud; to deprive of by deceit.

slang. To cheat, trick, deceive, take in.

transitive. To master or prevail over (a person) by persuasion characteristic of a mountebank. rare.

? To deceive, jape. Obsolete.

transitive. slang. To cheat, trick. Obsolete.

transitive. colloquial. To affect, feign, pretend. Also with clause as object. Cf. sense 2a(b), and put-on, adj. 1.

To cheat (a person) out of a thing. Obsolete.

figurative. To cheat, trick. Obsolete.

A fraud, deception, trick, imposition. to put a cheat on: to deceive, impose upon (archaic).

transitive. To make a fool of; to fool, cheat, swindle.

transitive. To cheat, impose upon, trick.

transitive. To impose upon, deceive.

To practise imposture; with upon, on, to cheat or deceive by false representations.

To cheat or cozen. Obsolete.

intransitive. Gambling. To cheat in a gambling game, esp. in a game of dice. Obsolete.

intransitive. to pass upon (also on): to impose upon; to gain credit with; to dupe. Obsolete.

To cheat or defraud. Obsolete.

slang. To cheat.

intransitive. To cheat in a game of dice.

transitive. To impose on (a person).

transitive. To practise humbug upon; to trick and make a jest of; to impose upon, hoax, delude.

transitive. To deceive, take in or impose upon (a person), to ply with talk, to ‘stuff’.

transitive. To cheat, defraud of, delude into.

transitive. To hoax, humbug, try to make (one) believe what is not true. Also, to joke with, tease. Also intransitive or absol., and const. along or…

To impose upon, cheat. Obsolete slang.

transitive. To deceive, swindle; to cajole.

transitive to deal cunningly with like a Yankee, to cheat.

transitive. slang. To fool, cheat. Obsolete.

transitive. U.S. To cheat; to deceive, betray. Frequently with out of.

transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To fool, hoax, or mislead (a person); to cheat, swindle, con. Now rare except as an extended use of sense 8b.

transitive. To cheat, swindle, or defraud (a person). Also with out of: to deprive (a person) of something by deceit or unfair means. Frequently in p…

U.S. slang. transitive. To sponge on; to cheat.

transitive. To cheat, swindle, or defraud (a person). Cf. gold brick, n. 2. Now rare.

transitive (a) transitive, to smooth (leather) with a slicker; (b) to cheat; to defeat by being ‘slick’.

transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To cheat or swindle (a person), esp. out of money; to deceive; to take advantage of. Frequently (and…

figurative. With complement. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). to play it (on): to play a trick, cheat. to play (it) low down (on): to…

transitive. slang. To cheat, defraud. Now rare.

transitive. colloquial. Originally: to make fun of. Later: to deceive, ‘kid’. Now chiefly U.S.

transitive. To deceive or trick; to make (a game or device) crooked or dishonest. Originally U.S.

transitive. To cut off the scalp of (a person): chiefly said of the North American Indians.

transitive. To cheat, to trick. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

transitive. To provoke, vex, or annoy (a person). Also: to cheat or betray.

transitive, to trick by swindling, to subject to disappointment (in quot. 1961, passive).

transitive. To treat harshly or unfairly; to cheat, deceive, betray. Frequently in to be (also get) butt-fucked.