cheat
15
2.8
- noun
- /tʃit/
:
engaño
- The human is a liar and a cheat.
The relationship was fraught with lies, cheating, gaslighting, the whole package.
- The relationship was fraught with lies, cheating, gaslighting, the whole package.
- It's that that it's a little bit of a cheat because he doesn't do anything.
Examples
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Every year, the government aims to catch more cheats who illegally evade taxes.
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He is a liar, a cheat and a coward.
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It's actually Duckworth who is revealed as a tax cheat this week; try to keep up.
Blog text (22) -
The gentleman is a renegade, a swindler, and a cheat.
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Edelman feels the general public often views lawyers as cheats, finding any way to drain clients' money.
Blog text (1) -
Schakowsky is married to convicted swindler and tax cheat Robert Creamer, an Obama confidant.
Blog text (2) -
In this country you're innocent until proven guilty, so no matter what you hear about Mr. Shaw being a liar and a cheat, or his entire business being some sort of elaborate scam, we simply don't know the truth yet.
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The tax authorities are cracking down on welfare cheats who exploit the system for personal gain.
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She was labeled a cheat after her deceitful actions were exposed during the game.
Synonyms
577
4.0
Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
205
8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
187
2.1
An act of tricking someone to get an unfair advantage
163
3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
66
4.6
Dishonest action meant to trick someone
29
7.7
A dishonest plan to cheat people, especially for money
27
4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
11
4.9
An unfair action meant to harm or cheat someone
10
7.0
A plan to cheat people and take their money
8
9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
8
8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
1
9.8
Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
1
7.5
Behaving dishonestly by pretending one thing and doing another
1
6.3
Dishonest behavior in business or money matters
Cheating people to get their money or an advantage
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
1
4.2
A series of buttons or commands that give an unfair advantage in a video game
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cheat as a noun for a dishonest act is just the verb turned into a thing: it names the trick or false move someone makes to gain for themselves. So a 'cheat' is the action that unfairly hurts others.