CHEATS
/tʃiːts/
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Definition
/tʃiːts/
verb
- To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.“My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.”
- To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.“After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.”
- To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.“He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.”
- To deceive; to fool; to trick.“He cheated his way into office.”
noun
- Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
- An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
- The weed cheatgrass.
- A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
Source: Wiktionary
