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Meaning of cheat
verb
- To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation. Example: My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
- To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner. Example: After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.
- To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely. Example: He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
- To deceive; to fool; to trick. Example: He cheated his way into office.
noun
- Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
- An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
- The weed cheatgrass.
- A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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