cheat
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Sense: Verb: deceive someone
Synonyms:
deceive Collocations, trick Collocations, fool Collocations, dupe, con Collocations , have Collocations , bamboozle, burn Collocations, hoodwink, cross Collocations, double-cross, pull the wool over somebody's eyes , play a trick on, play a dirty trick on , pull a fast one on , fuck over , gull
Sense: Verb: cheat to obtain something
Synonyms:
commit fraud, be dishonest, practice fraud, hustle Collocations, doctor Collocations, fake Collocations, falsify, finagle, fudge Collocations, misrepresent, warp Collocations, tamper with, load the dice, stack the deck, play with marked cards, stack the cards
Sense: Verb: obtain money dishonestly
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defraud, swindle Collocations, fleece Collocations, scam Collocations, con Collocations , grift, rip off , clip Collocations, overcharge, short-change, gouge, chisel , sting Collocations , bilk, rook, mulct, diddle
Sense: Verb: cheat on a test or exam
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Sense: Verb: be unfaithful to a partner - followed by 'on', informal
Synonyms:
be unfaithful, fool around, sleep around, commit adultery , play around, two-time, philander, be seeing sb else
Sense: Noun: person who cheats
Synonyms:
cheater, swindler, trickster, con artist , con man , scammer, charlatan, imposter, wolf in sheep's clothing, crook Collocations, conniver, fraud Collocations, fake Collocations, phony , phoney , two-timer, shark Collocations, sharp Collocations, grifter, quack, beguiler, chiseler , chiseller , deceiver, double-dealer, confidence trickster, shyster , knave, dodger, defrauder, diddler , blackleg, four-flusher , sharper, cardsharp, flimflammer , flimflam man
Sense: Noun: trick
Synonyms:
trick Collocations, con Collocations , con trick , scam Collocations, swindle Collocations, racket Collocations, sting Collocations, hustle Collocations, deception Collocations, masquerade, put-on , confidence trick, pretense, pretence , forgery Collocations, fraud Collocations, fake Collocations, double-dealing