cheat
vb
1 to deceive or practise deceit, esp. for one's own gain; trick or swindle (someone)
2 intr to obtain unfair advantage by trickery, as in a game of cards
3 tr to escape or avoid (something unpleasant) by luck or cunning
to cheat death
4 when intr, usually foll by: on
Informal to be sexually unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, or lover)
n
6 a deliberately dishonest transaction, esp. for gain; fraud
8 (Law) the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means
9 the usual U.S. name for →
rye-brome
(C14: short for escheat)
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cheatable adj
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cheater n
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cheatingly adv
Diccionario Inglés definición
rye-brome n a grass, Bromus secalinus, native to Europe and Asia, having rough leaves and wheatlike ears,
(U.S. names)
cheat, chess
cheat
vb
1 to deceive or practise deceit, esp. for one's own gain; trick or swindle (someone)
2 intr to obtain unfair advantage by trickery, as in a game of cards
3 tr to escape or avoid (something unpleasant) by luck or cunning
to cheat death
4 when intr, usually foll by: on
Informal to be sexually unfaithful to (one's wife, husband, or lover)
n
6 a deliberately dishonest transaction, esp. for gain; fraud
8 (Law) the obtaining of another's property by fraudulent means
9 the usual U.S. name for →
rye-brome
(C14: short for escheat)
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cheatable adj
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cheater n
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cheatingly adv
Diccionario Inglés definición
cheat
vb
1 bamboozle (informal) beguile, bilk, con (informal) cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle (informal) do (informal) do the dirty on (Brit. informal) double-cross (informal) dupe, finagle (informal) fleece, fool, gull (archaic) hoax, hoodwink, kid (informal) mislead, pull a fast one on (informal) rip off (slang) skin (slang) stiff (slang) sting (informal) stitch up (slang) swindle, take for a ride (informal) take in (informal) thwart, trick, victimize
2 baffle, check, defeat, deprive, foil, frustrate, prevent, thwart
n
3 artifice, deceit, deception, fraud, imposture, rip-off (slang) scam (slang) sting (informal) swindle, trickery
4 charlatan, cheater, chiseller (informal) con man (informal) deceiver, dodger, double-crosser (informal) fraudster, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) impostor, knave (archaic) rogue, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster
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