cheating

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of cheat

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
2. (countable, uncountable) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.

Adj

1. Unsporting or underhand.
2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

cheat

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• Noun
• Noun

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Synonyms

fraud

deception

deceit

deceiving

swindling

trick

cheat

trickery

swindle

decoy

canard

imposture

hoax

guile

delusion

defrauding

con

scam

roguery

fooling

cunning

craftiness

dupery

dirty

cozenage

two-timing

tricking

humbug

tricky

deceptive

slyness

unsporting

piracy

seducing

foul play

foul

adulterous

lying

sham

unsportsmanlike

duplicity

duping

dishonest

crook

delusive

jockeying

inveigling

indirection

copying

bogus

Translations

tricherie

hile

xapandin

escroquerie

qîle

hîle

lêb

xap

xirrandin

Betrug

Schwindelei

Mogelei

fêl

Täuschung

imbroglio

Pronounced as (IPA)

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