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What is the verb for cheat?

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cheat
  1. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
  2. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
  3. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
  4. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
  5. To beguile.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. con, swindle, defraud, fleece, bilk, stiff, sucker, cozen, trick, deceive, diddle, sting, dupe, victimise, victimize, rook, do, flimflam, hustle, skin, hoodwink, bleed, screw, mislead, gaff, fool, bamboozle, fiddle, shortchange, hose, mulct, squeeze, stick, hoax, gull, chisel, short, delude, euchre, ream, skunk, chouse, thimblerig, beguile, scam, pluck, snooker, nobble, beat, finagle … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “The practice becomes illegal when done surreptitiously to cheat the consumer or defraud the taxman.”
      “Riley had told the great judges of the Superior Court they had forged their record to cheat him out of his money.”
      “He knew Jenny was faithful and would never cheat on him.”
cheated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of cheat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. set up, tricked, conned, deceived, coaxed, manipulated, used, exploited, had, cajoled, controlled, disinformed, gulled, double-crossed, duped, ensnared, entraped, fooled, framed, hoaxed, leveraged, misled, sweet-talked, flimflammed, hoodwinked, beat, put one over on, swindled, defrauded, fleeced, bilked, stiffed, suckered, cozened, diddled, victimized, rooked, hustled, skinned, bled, gaffed, bamboozled, fiddled, shortchanged, hosed, mulcted, squeezed, stuck, sticked, chiseled … more
cheating
  1. present participle of cheat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. using, taking advantage of, exploiting, manipulating, abusing, beguiling, controlling, deceiving, defrauding, fleecing, mistreating, patronising, patronizing, ripping off, targeting, targetting, victimising, profiting from, victimizing, cashing in on, ill-using, jerking around, leveraging, misusing, preying on, using for one's own ends, stepping on, trifling with, imposing on, maltreating, playing with, treating lightly … more
cheats
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cons, swindles, defrauds, fleeces, bilks, stiffs, suckers, cozens, tricks, deceives, diddles, stings, dupes, victimises, victimizes, rooks, does, flimflams, hustles, skins, hoodwinks, bleeds, screws, misleads, gaffs, fools, bamboozles, fiddles, shortchanges, hoses, mulcts, squeezes, sticks, hoaxes, gulls, chisels, shorts, deludes, euchres, reams, skunks, chouses, thimblerigs, beguiles, scams, plucks, snookers, nobbles, beats, finagles … more
cheateth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheat
cheatest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of cheat
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