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Textual thesaurus for "cheat"

(noun) cheating

a deception for profit to yourself


(noun) rig, swindle

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

that book is a fraud


(noun) deceiver, beguiler, trickster, cheater, slicker

someone who leads you to believe something that is not true


(noun) Bromus secalinus, chess

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat


(noun) Lolium temulentum, tare, bearded darnel, darnel

weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous


(verb) shaft, screw, chicane, chouse, jockey

defeat someone through trickery or deceit


(verb) rip off, chisel

deprive somebody of something by deceit

The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money


(verb) chisel

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

Who's chiseling on the side?


(verb) betray, cheat on, wander, cuckold

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

She cheats on her husband; Might her husband be wandering?