| VERB | social | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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| competition | cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey | defeat someone through trickery or deceit | |
| social | cheat, chisel | engage in deceitful behavior | |
| social | cheat, cheat on, cuckold, betray, wander | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | |
| NOUN | plant | cheat, darnel, tare, bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum | weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land |
| plant | cheat, chess, Bromus secalinus | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | |
| person | cheat, deceiver, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
| act | cheat, swindle, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | |
| act | cheat, cheating | a deception for profit to yourself |
| Sounds | chiy't | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous. | |
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| Synonyms | darnel, tare, bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum | |
| Broader | rye grass, ryegrass | Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses |
| Spanish | cizaña, rabillo | |
| Catalan | jull, zitzània | |
| Meaning | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat. | |
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| Synonyms | chess, Bromus secalinus | |
| Broader | brome, bromegrass | Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus |
| Catalan | escacs | |
| Meaning | A deception for profit to yourself. | |
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| Synonym | cheating | |
| Narrower | gerrymander | An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) |
| Broader | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| Spanish | engaño, estafa, fraude, timo, trampa | |
| Catalan | estafa, frau, trampa | |
| Verbs | cheat | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Meaning | deprive somebody of something by deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Model | They cheat him of all his money; Sam cannot cheat Sue | |
| Example | "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme" | |
| Synonyms | rip off, chisel | |
| Entails | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Narrower | beat, bunk | avoid paying |
| bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money | |
| cozen | cheat or trick | |
| gazump | Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | |
| gyp, gip | deprive of by deceit | |
| juggle, beguile, hoodwink | Influence by slyness | |
| overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off | |
| victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit | |
| welsh, welch | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | |
| whipsaw | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | |
| Broader | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
| Spanish | arrancar, birlar, descuerar, engañar, estafar, timar | |
| Catalan | ensarronar, estafar | |
| Nouns | cheat, cheating | a deception for profit to yourself |
| cheater | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
| Meaning | defeat someone through trickery or deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey | |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | atornillar, hacer trampa, los chichos | |
| Nouns | cheat | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
| cheater | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | |
| Meaning | Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud / fraud. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue cheat | |
| Synonym | chisel | |
| Narrower | cozen | Act with artful deceit |
| crib | Use a crib, as in an exam | |
| fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent | Tamper, with the purpose of deception | |
| job | Profit privately from public office and official business | |
| rig, set up | Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit | |
| shark | Play the shark | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | hacer trampa | |
| Nouns | cheat, cheater | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| cheating | a deception for profit to yourself | |
| Meaning | Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam cannot cheat Sue | |
| Example | "She cheats on her husband" | |
| Synonyms | cheat on, cuckold, betray, wander | |
| Narrower | play around, fool around | commit adultery |
| two-time | carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time | |
| Broader | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Spanish | engañar, poner los cuernos, ser infiel | |
| Catalan | enganyar | |
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