cheating

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.

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

cheat′er n.

cheating

(ˈtʃiːtɪŋ) n1. an instance of rule-breaking2. chiefly US infidelity

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cheating - a deception for profit to yourself cheatdissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceivinggerrymander - an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
Adj.	1.	cheating - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"two-timing, adulterousunfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful"
	2.	cheating - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"unsporting, unsportsmanlike, foul, dirtyunfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"