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cheating

cheating

187 2.1
An act of tricking someone to get an unfair advantage
  • noun
  • /ˈʧitɪŋ/
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  • Reports of cheating in the tournament raised concerns about the fairness of the competition.
  • cheating on tests
  • academic cheating
  • cheating and plagiarism

And then you hear lie, cheating, stealing, BS and all this stuff.

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Examples

  • Teachers gave parental expectation as the number one reason for students cheating, followed closely by peer pressure.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The next question is how can the NBME reduce the possibility of cheating moving forward?

  • So when this whole cheating thing came up, you got even more stick for it.

  • I also think that by doing this there will be a lot less cheating and a lot more paying attention.

    Academic text (2012)
  • There are a number of dimensions of cheating we can measure.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Not all attempts at cheating succeed.

  • The area in which the students requested the least assistance was academic cheating by others.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In Escalante's case, the entire class ultimately performed so well that test administrators thought cheating had occurred.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The rooms and corridors have been equipped with hidden cameras... just to make sure there is no cheating.

  • The teacher implemented strict measures to prevent any form of cheating during the exam.

Synonyms

fraud
vscheating
577 4.0

Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage

is the broader dishonest act done to gain unfair personal advantage
deception
vscheating
163 3.9

An action that makes someone believe something not true

is the dishonest act aimed at gaining unfair personal or other advantage
deceit
vscheating
66 4.6

Dishonest action meant to trick someone

is focused on dishonest acts done specifically to gain unfair personal advantage
dishonesty
vscheating
46 3.2

Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing

is the specific dishonest act aimed at obtaining unfair personal advantage
trickery
vscheating
27 4.9

To use dishonest ways to cheat people

is the general dishonest act defined by unfair advantage not only methods
cheat
vscheating
15 2.8

An act of dishonesty that gives someone an unfair advantage

is framed as gaining an unfair advantage through dishonest deception
duplicity
vscheating
12 8.1

Dishonest behavior that hides true intentions to trick someone

is the straightforward dishonest act aimed at gaining unfair advantage not necessarily two-faced
dirty trick
vscheating
11 4.9

An unfair action meant to harm or cheat someone

is the general dishonest act focused on gaining unfair personal benefit rather than harming
chicanery
vscheating
  • Formal
8 9.3

Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage

is the dishonest act for unfair personal advantage without emphasizing clever or legal focus
hanky-panky
vscheating
  • Slang
8 8.6

Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people

is the more neutral term for deliberate dishonest acts to gain unfair advantage
fraudulence
vscheating
1 8.7

Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain

is the specific dishonest act that produces that deceitful quality
skulduggery
vscheating
1 9.8

Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage

is the general term for dishonest acts not necessarily secret or underhand
double-dealing
vscheating
1 7.5

Behaving dishonestly by pretending one thing and doing another

is about dishonest acts for advantage but not always involving two-faced pretending
crooked dealing
vscheating
1 6.3

Dishonest behavior in business or money matters

is the general dishonest act not limited to business or financial contexts
crookedness
vscheating
1 6.9

Dishonest behavior by a person or group

is the specific dishonest act that shows or creates that quality
suckering
vscheating
  • Informal
8.3

Cheating people to get their money or an advantage

is focused on unfair advantage generally not only money or one tactic
crookery
vscheating
9.5

Actions that cheat people to get their money

is the more general dishonest act that also covers noncriminal unfair advantage
jiggery-pokery
vscheating
  • Archaic
9.9

Dishonest actions that try to trick people

is the standard term for dishonest acts not the informal playful label

Antonyms

16 3.0

Honest behavior that treats everyone the same and follows the rules in sport or competition

How Dishonest

fraud
577 4.0
scam
  • NSFW
294 3.0
cheating
187 2.1
deception
163 3.9

Surface Forms

cheating singular
cheatings plural

Morphology

cheating = cheat (transparent) = cheat + ing

The noun is a standard -ing nominalization of the verb 'cheat' meaning 'the act of cheating', which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Cheating comes from the idea of cheat, which means to 'trick' or 'deceive' someone to gain an advantage, so cheating is an act of dishonest behaviour to get an unfair benefit.