cheat

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Noun
1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
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2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
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3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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4. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
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5. a deception for profit to yourself
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Verb
1. deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
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2. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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3. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
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4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
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