cheat sb out of sth
— phrasal verb with cheat uk/tʃiːt/us/tʃiːt/verb [ I or T ]
to unfairly prevent someone from getting or achieving something that they should have:
She claimed that her cousin had cheated her out of her inheritance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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