to defraud; swindle

He cheated her out of her inheritance.

to deceive; influence by fraud

He cheated us into believing him a hero.

to elude; deprive of something expected

He cheated the law by suicide.

to practice fraud or deceit

She cheats without regrets.

to violate rules or regulations

He cheats at cards.

to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers.

Informal . to be sexually unfaithful (often fol. by on )

Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife.

a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds

He is a cheat and a liar.

a fraud; swindle; deception

The game was a cheat.

Law . the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.

an impostor

The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.

noun

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 , artifice , baloney , bamboozlement , bill of goods * , bunco , chicanery , con , con game , cover up , cozening , deceit , deception , dirty pool * , dirty trick , dodge , double-dealing * , fast one , fast shuffle , fix , flimflam , frame , fraud , gyp , hanky-panky * , hoax , hoaxing , humbug , hustle , imposture , jazz , jive , plant , put-on , racket , rip-off , run around , scam , sell , shady deal , sham , shell game , snow job * , spoof , sting , stunt , swindle , trickery , whitewash , wrong , victimization , bilk , cheater , rook , victimizer , bamboozler , blackleg , blind , bubble , bunko , cheating , circumvention , counterfeit , cozenage , defraudation , delusion , duplicity , empiric , fetch , finesse , imposition , jiggery-pokery , mockery , mountebank , scheming , stratagem , thimblerigger , thimblerigging , trick , wile

verb

bamboozle * , beat , beguile , bilk , bleed , bunco , burn , caboodle , chisel , con , cozen , crib , cross , deceive , defraud , delude , diddle * , do * , do a number on , 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 , baffle , check , defeat , deprive , foil , prevent , gull , mulct , rook , womanize , artifice , bamboozle , bunko , chicane , chicanery , circumvent , crook , delusion , deride , dodge , doodle , euchre , fake , fiddle , finesse , flam , fling , foist , fool , fraud , gammon , gudgeon , gyp , hoax , hocus , humbug , imposter , jilt , liar , mountebank , overreach , plunder , quibble , renege , rogue , scammer , scamp , scoundrel , sham , shark , shaver , shyster , snooker , spoil , thimblerig , welsh