Cheat

verb (used with object) 1. to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance. 2. to deceive; influence by fraud: He cheated us into believing him a hero. 3. to elude; deprive of something expected: He cheated the law by suicide. verb (used without object) 4. to practice fraud or deceit: She cheats without regrets. 5. to violate rules or regulations: He cheats at cards. 6. to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers. 7. Informal . to be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on ): Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife. noun 8. a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds: He is a cheat and a liar. 9. a fraud; swindle; deception: The game was a cheat. 10 Law . the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick. 11.an impostor: The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.

Synonyms 1. mislead, dupe, delude; gull, con; hoax, fool. Cheat, deceive, trick, victimize refer to the use of fraud or artifice deliberately to obtain an unfair advantage over someone. Cheat implies conducting matters fraudulently, especially for profit to oneself: to cheat at cards. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading or deluding, to produce misunderstanding or to prevent someone from knowing the truth: to deceive one's parents. To trick is to deceive by a stratagem, often of a petty, crafty, or dishonorable kind: to trick someone into signing a note. To victimize is to make a victim of; the emotional connotation makes the cheating, deception, or trickery seem particularly dastardly: to victimize a blind man. 8. swindler, trickster, sharper, dodger, charlatan, fraud, fake, phony, mountebank. 9. imposture, artifice, trick, hoax.

Deceive
verb (used with object) 1.to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter. 2.to be unfaithful to (one's spouse or lover). 3.Archaic . to while away (time).

Trick
noun 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile. 2. an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight. 3. a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank: She likes to play tricks on her friends. 4. a mean, foolish, or childish action. 5. a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade. adjective 15. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving tricks: trick shooting. 16. designed or used for tricks: a trick chair. 17. (of a joint) inclined to stiffen or weaken suddenly and unexpectedly: a trick shoulder. verb (used with object) 18. to deceive by trickery. 19. Heraldry . to indicate the tinctures of (a coat of arms) with engraver's tricks. 20. to cheat or swindle (usually followed by out of ): to trick someone out of an inheritance. 21. to beguile by trickery (usually followed by into ). verb (used without object) 22. to practice trickery or deception; cheat. 23. to play tricks; trifle (usually followed by with ). 24. Slang . to engage in sexual acts for hire. Verb phrase 25. trick out, Informal . to embellish or adorn with or as if with ornaments or other attentiongetting devices. Idioms 26. do / turn the trick, to achieve the desired effect or result: Another turn of the pliers should do the trick. 27. turn a trick, Slang . (of a prostitute) to engage in a sexual act with a customer.