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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cheat/tʃiːt/

▶verb

1 act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.
■ deprive of something by deceitful or unfair means.

2 avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill: she cheated death in a spectacular crash.

▶noun

1 a person who cheats.

2 an act of cheating.

– origin ME: shortening of escheat.

'cheat' also found in these Oxford entries:

baffle - bamboozle - bilk - bunco - cheat grass - chisel - collusion - cozen - deceive - defraud - diddle - dirty - false - finagle - flimflam - fob - fun - gyp - have - hype - job - manchet - nick - rip - screw - sharp - short-change - slicker - stiff - take - treacherous - trim - twist - whipsaw

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