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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
     tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
     or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
     being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
     resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]
     1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
        fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
        imposture.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
        cheater.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
        fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
        intentional active distortion of the truth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
           symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
           and against which common prudence could not have
           guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.
  
     Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
          swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, v. i.
     To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet['e] goods, chattels.]
     Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Their purest cheat,
           Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste.
                                                    --Chapman.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Cheating.] [See Cheat, n., Escheat.]
     1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to
        swindle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
              cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To cheat winter of its dreariness.    --W. Irving.
  
     Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent;
          beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach;
          delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus) which is a
     troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
     regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
     slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
     wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
     effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
     S.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright
           chess, soft chess, etc.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Cheating.] [See Cheat, n., Escheat.]
     1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to
        swindle.
  
              I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
              cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak.
  
     2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott.
  
              To cheat winter of its dreariness.    --W. Irving.
  
     Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent;
          beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach;
          delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
     tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
     or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
     being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
     resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]
     1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
        fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
        imposture.
  
              When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
  
     2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
        cheater.
  
              Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
  
     3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
        fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
  
     4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
        intentional active distortion of the truth.
  
     Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
           symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
           and against which common prudence could not have
           guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.
  
     Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
          swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, v. i.
     To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cheat \Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet['e] goods, chattels.]
     Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton.
  
           Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued
           in paste.                                --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
     A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus) which is a
     troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
     regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
     slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
     wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
     effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U.
     S.]
  
     Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess,
           soft chess, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) εξαπατώ, ξεγελάω κάποιον ή τον κάνω να πιστέψει κάτι που δεν
  είναι αλήθεια
     2 (αμτβ) κλέβω, αντιγράφω, ενεργώ με ανέντιμο τρόπο για να αποκτήσω
  πλεονέκτημα, ειδικά σε ένα παιχνίδι, έναν διαγωνισμό, μια εξέταση κτλ.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt
  to gain, advantage from a situation.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner;
  to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a
  person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society
  or agreement in the relationship.
     3 (lb en transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it
  seemed inevitable.
     4 (lb en transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
     5 (lb en informal intransitive) To disregard self-imposed
  restrictions or commitments (e.g. regarding diet or exercise) in favour
  of resting or indulging oneself.
     n.
     1 Someone who cheats.
     2 An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or
  deception.
     3 The weed cheatgrass.
     4 (lb en card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards
  remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
     5 (lb en video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage
  in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Cheat
     German n.
     m (lb de video games colloquial) cheat

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt
  to gain, advantage from a situation.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner;
  to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a
  person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society
  or agreement in the relationship.
     3 (lb en transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it
  seemed inevitable.
     4 (lb en transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
     5 (lb en informal intransitive) To disregard self-imposed
  restrictions or commitments (e.g. regarding diet or exercise) in favour
  of resting or indulging oneself.
     n.
     1 Someone who cheats.
     2 An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or
  deception.
     3 The weed cheatgrass.
     4 (lb en card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards
  remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
     5 (lb en video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage
  in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt
  to gain, advantage from a situation.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner;
  to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a
  person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society
  or agreement in the relationship.
     3 (lb en transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it
  seemed inevitable.
     4 (lb en transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
     5 (lb en informal intransitive) To disregard self-imposed
  restrictions or commitments (e.g. regarding diet or exercise) in favour
  of resting or indulging oneself.
     n.
     1 Someone who cheats.
     2 An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or
  deception.
     3 The weed cheatgrass.
     4 (lb en card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards
  remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
     5 (lb en video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage
  in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Cheat
     German n.
     m (lb de video games colloquial) cheat

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt
  to gain, advantage from a situation.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner;
  to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a
  person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society
  or agreement in the relationship.
     3 (lb en transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it
  seemed inevitable.
     4 (lb en transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
     5 (lb en informal intransitive) To disregard self-imposed
  restrictions or commitments (e.g. regarding diet or exercise) in favour
  of resting or indulging oneself.
     n.
     1 Someone who cheats.
     2 An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or
  deception.
     3 The weed cheatgrass.
     4 (lb en card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards
  remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
     5 (lb en video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage
  in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Cheat
     German n.
     m (lb de video games colloquial) cheat

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     Englanti n.
     huijaus
     Englanti vb.
     1 huijata
     2 (yhteys  parisuhteessa) pettää
     3 luntata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cheat
     Engelska n.
     fusk
     Engelska vb.
     1 fuska
     2 vara otrogen

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cheat /tʃˈiːt/
  1. ploert
  2. bedrieër
  3. bedrië, bedrieg

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cheat /tʃˈiːt/
  الإحتيال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cheat //t͡ʃiːt// 
  1. измамник, моше́ник
  someone who is dishonest or cheats
  2. измама
  unfair advantage in a computer game

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cheat //t͡ʃiːt// 
  1. изме́ням, изневеря́вам
  being unfaithful
  2. изма́мвам
  manage to avoid something
  3. заблуждавам
  to deceive
  4. изигравам, измамвам
  violate rules to gain advantage