cheater

cheat

C0263400 (chēt)v. cheat·ed, cheat·ing, cheats v.tr.1. To deceive by trickery; swindle: cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.2. To deprive by trickery; defraud: cheated them of their land.3. To mislead; fool: illusions that cheat the eye.4. To elude; escape: cheat death.v.intr.1. To act dishonestly; practice fraud.2. To violate rules deliberately, as in a game: was accused of cheating at cards.3. Informal To be sexually unfaithful: cheat on a spouse.4. Sports To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected: The shortstop cheated toward second base.n.1. An act of cheating; a fraud or swindle.2. One who cheats; a swindler.3. A technique that exploits a flaw or hidden feature in a video game or computer program.4. Law Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.5. Botany Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus, an annual European grass widespread as a weed.

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[Middle English cheten, to confiscate, short for acheten, variant of escheten, from eschete, escheat; see escheat.]

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cheat′er n.

cheat•er

(ˈtʃi tər)

n. 1. a person or thing that cheats. 2. cheaters, Slang. a. eyeglasses or sunglasses. b. falsies. [1300–50]

Thesaurus

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cheater - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truebeguiler, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheatoffender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawbluffer, four-flusher - a person who tries to bluff other peoplechiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger - a person who swindles you by means of deception or frauddecoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)dodger, slyboots, fox - a shifty deceptive persondouble-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, betrayer - a person who says one thing and does anotherdefalcator, embezzler, peculator - someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own usefalsifier - someone who falsifiesfinagler, wangler - a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methodscounterfeiter, forger - someone who makes copies illegallyfortune hunter - a person who seeks wealth through marriagefront man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, figurehead, front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activitydissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesimitator, impersonator - someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of anotherfaker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake - a person who makes deceitful pretensesliar, prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedlymisleader - someone who leads astray (often deliberately)charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokesobscurantist - a person who is deliberately vaguesandbagger - someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of youtwo-timer - someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody elseutterer - someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins

cheater

nounA person who cheats:bilk, cheat, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper.

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