Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cheat
Cheat
cheat
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by into, out of) deceive or trick (cheated into parting with his savings). b (foll. by of) deprive of (cheated of a chance to reply). 2 intr. gain unfair advantage by deception or breaking rules, esp. in a game or examination. 3 tr. avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill (cheated the bad weather). 4 tr. archaic divert attention from, beguile (time, tedium, etc.). --n. 1 a person who cheats. 2 a trick, fraud, or deception. 3 an act of cheating. Phrases and idioms cheat on colloq. be sexually unfaithful to. Derivatives cheatingly adv. Etymology: ME chete f. achete, var. of ESCHEAT
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I. verb Etymology: 2~ Date: 1590 transitive verb to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud, to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice, to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting , intransitive verb 1. to practice fraud or trickery, to violate rules dishonestly , to be sexually unfaithful, to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area , ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun see: es~ Date: 1615 the act or an instance of fraudulently deceiving ; deception, fraud, one that ~s ; pretender, deceiver, 3. probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain] chess 1, ~grass, the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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