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Cheats

/tʃiːts/

To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

📖 Definitions of "Cheats"

verb
  1. 1

    To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

    "My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term."

  2. 2

    To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.

    "After he found out his wife cheated, he left her."

  3. 3

    To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

    "He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train."

  4. 4

    To deceive; to fool; to trick.

    "He cheated his way into office."

noun
  1. 1

    Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

  2. 2

    An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

  3. 3

    The weed cheatgrass.

  4. 4

    A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.

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