Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cheating"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cheating
adj 1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and
wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: {adulterous}, {cheating(a)},
{two-timing(a)}]
2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
"used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)},
{dirty}, {foul}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
n : a deception for profit to yourself [syn: {cheat}]
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