Cheat

Definition of Cheat

n.	1.	An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. - Dryden.
	2.	One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. - Johnson
	3.	(Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; - called also chess. See Chess.
	4.	(Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
v. t.	1.	To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. - Shak.
	2.	To beguile. To cheat winter of its dreariness. - W. Irving.
v. i.	1.	To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
n.	1.	Wheat, or bread made from wheat. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. - Chapman.

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