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Meaning of cheat

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cheat
      n 1: weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other
           cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [syn:
           {darnel}, {tare}, {bearded darnel}, {cheat}, {Lolium
           temulentum}]
      2: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a
         weed especially in wheat [syn: {chess}, {cheat}, {Bromus
         secalinus}]
      3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
         [syn: {deceiver}, {cheat}, {cheater}, {trickster},
         {beguiler}, {slicker}]
      4: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is
         a fraud" [syn: {swindle}, {cheat}, {rig}]
      5: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: {cheat}, {cheating}]
      v 1: 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" [syn: {cheat}, {rip off}, {chisel}]
      2: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat},
         {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}]
      3: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud;
         "Who's chiseling on the side?" [syn: {cheat}, {chisel}]
      4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
         cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
         [syn: {cheat on}, {cheat}, {cuckold}, {betray}, {wander}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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