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cheat [cheet] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
cheat [cheet]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who fools others
Synonyms: bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, scammer, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster
Main Entry: cheat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: defraud, fool
Synonyms: bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do a number on, do*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off, rook, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize
Main Entry: cheat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frustrate, thwart
Synonyms: baffle, check, defeat, deprive, foil, prevent
Example Sentences
  • Furthermore, students who cheat in college are more likely to cheat in graduate and professional schools and to engage later.
  • My suggestion would be to go beyond walking around so that they feel that they cannot cheat.
  • It seems stunningly unfair now to cheat retirees and near-retirees out of benefits promised.
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Main Entry: beguile
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fool
Synonyms: betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam, gyp, have, hoodwink*, impose on, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, play for a sucker, rook, rope in, scam, seduce, shave, snow*, stick*, string along, suck in, take, take in, trick
Main Entry: charlatan
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: swindler
Synonyms: cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, imposter, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, rip-off artist, sham
Main Entry: con
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick
Synonyms: bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double-cross, dupe, fraud, gold brick, graft, mockery, swindle, take in
Antonyms: honesty, truthfulness
Main Entry: con
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive, defraud
Synonyms: bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, chicane, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off, rook, sweet-talk, swindle, trick, wheedle
Antonyms: be forthright, be honest
Main Entry: counterfeit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make deceitful imitation
Synonyms: Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, circulate bad money, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, do like, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, go like, imitate, impersonate, knock off, make like, make money, mimeo, mimic, mint, phony up, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, stat
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: crook
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: criminal, thief
Synonyms: cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark, shyster, swindler, villain
Antonyms: law, police
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