cheat
verb
[ tʃiːt ]
• act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.
• "she always cheats at cards"
• avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill.
• "she cheated death in a spectacular crash"
Similar:
avoid,
escape,
evade,
elude,
steer clear of,
dodge,
duck,
miss,
sidestep,
bypass,
skirt,
shun,
eschew,
foil,
frustrate,
thwart,
balk,
defeat,
cheat
noun
• a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.
Similar:
swindler,
cheater,
fraudster,
trickster,
confidence trickster,
deceiver,
hoaxer,
hoodwinker,
double-dealer,
double-crosser,
sham,
fraud,
fake,
crook,
rogue,
charlatan,
quack,
mountebank,
racketeer,
con man,
con artist,
shark,
sharper,
phoney,
hustler,
flimflammer,
flimflam man,
twister,
grifter,
bunco artist,
gold brick,
chiseller,
shicer,
magsman,
illywhacker,
schlenter,
confidence man,
confidence woman,
defalcator,
tregetour,
Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of escheat (the original sense).
