cheating

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.