Word Definition

Cheat

  1. The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
  2. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
  3. A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
  4. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
  5. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
  6. Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
  7. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
  8. To beguile.