Word

cheat, v.
(cheated, cheating, cheats)
freq. cnt. 5

defeat someone through trickery or deceit
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cheat chicane chouse jockey screw shaft

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheat cheater

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chicane chicanery

semantic pointers

hypernym

beat, crush, beat out, vanquish, shell, trounce

deprive somebody of something by deceit
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

cheat chisel rip off

sample sentences

"The con-man beat me out of $50"
"This salesman ripped us off!"
"we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"
"They chiseled me out of my money"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sam cannot %s Sue
They %s him of all his money

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheating cheat cheater

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rip-off

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chiseler chiseller

semantic pointers

hyponym

gazump cozen rob, soak, hook, overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck swindle, defraud, con, victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change gyp, gip bilk beat, bunk whipsaw welsh, welch beguile, juggle, hoodwink

entailment

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

hypernym

victimize, victimise

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cheat chisel

sample sentences

"Who's chiseling on the side?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Sam and Sue %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cheating cheater cheat

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

chiseler chiseller

semantic pointers

hyponym

job shark rig, set up cozen crib fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

hypernym

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

betray cheat cheat on cuckold wander

sample sentences

"She cheats on her husband"
"Might her husband be wandering?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cuckold

semantic pointers

hypernym

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

hyponym

two-time play around, fool around