cheat

cheat
1 verb
1 (I) to behave in a dishonest way in order to win or to get an advantage, especially in a competition, game, or examination: You're doing it again, you're trying to cheat!
(+ at): Jack always cheats at cards. | that's cheating: Hey, don't look at the next page - that's cheating!
2 (T) to trick or deceive someone who trusts you: Don't just jump to conclusions that you've been deliberately cheated. | cheat sb (out) of sth: Guy figures he was cheated out of that job by office politics.
3 feel cheated to feel that you have been treated wrongly or unfairly and have not got what you deserve: I feel cheated really. I was meant to go to France and now it's only Leeds.
4 cheat death/fate etc to manage to avoid death etc even though it seemed that you would not be able to
cheat on sb phrasal verb (T) to be unfaithful to your husband, wife, or sexual partner by secretly having sex with someone else: I think Winnie's been cheating on me, but I can't prove it. 2 noun (C)
1 someone who is dishonest and cheats: I saw you look at that card, you cheat!
2 a cheat something that is dishonest or unfair: That's a cheat! The box is half empty!

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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