• Not all publishers want to cheat authors.
• There are stiff penalties for stockbrokers who cheat customers.
• These new rules could lead more people to cheat on their taxes.
• He accused his employer of deliberately trying to cheat him out of his redundancy money.
• Auditors will check the information for any patterns that might indicate cheating by floor traders.
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Many of the small investors felt that they had been cheated by the sudden reduction in interest rates.
cheat on sth »He was caught cheating on his taxes.
In my opinion, this was a clear case of cheating.
a tax cheat
It's a cheat that I did all the work and you got all the credit.
• (missing clue)
• Bamboozle
• Be dishonest
• Be unfaithful
• Break the rules
• Cardsharp, e.g.
• Casino target
• Chiseler
• Con
• Con man
• Copy cat?
• Copy from your classmate's paper, say
• Copy someone's test answers, for example
• Copy, maybe
• Cut corners, perhaps
• Deal from the bottom
• Deceive
• Deceive by trickery
• Defraud
• Don't play by the rules
• Eat cake on your diet
• Eat cake on your diet, e.g.
• Euchre
• Fleece
• Flim-flam
• Flimflammer
• Flout the rules
• Fudge
• Get an A by stealth
• Get an A dishonestly
• Hide answers on your hand, say
• Hit below the belt
• Hornswoggle
• Hose
• I.R.S. target
• Ignore the rules
• Look around for some answers?
• Look at the answers
• Move twice in a row, maybe
• Not play fair
• Palm an ace, say
• Peek at the answer
• Peek during a test
• Peek on a test, say
• Peek performer?
• Play badly?
• Play dirty
• Preview the answers
• Pull the wool over someone's eyes
• Refuse to play by the rules
• Rip off
• Sharper
• Shortchange
• Shortchange, say
• Skirt the rules
• Steal answers
• Stiff
• Swindle
• Take 5, clue 5
• Take too many mulligans
• Take, in a way
• Thimblerig
• Unsavory one
• Untrustworthy one
• Unwanted casino guest
• Use a crib sheet
• Use a crib, perhaps
• Use crib notes
• Use cribnotes, e.g.
• Use marked cards, e.g.
• Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land
• A deception for profit to yourself
• The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
• Seeds sometimes considered poisonous
• Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
• Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
to cheat at examinations - пользоваться шпаргалками, подсказками и т. п. на экзаменах
to cheat smb.out of his money - обманом выманить деньги у кого-л.
to cheat at cards - жульничать в карты; быть шулером
to cheat the eye - обмануть зрение
to cheat death - чудом избежать смерти
to cheat the gallows - уйти от виселицы
to cheat time - коротать время
to cheat the journey - убивать дорожную скуку
topping cheat ви́селица
he cheated me (out) of five dollars он наду́л меня́ на пять до́лларов
;to cheat on smb. вести́ себя́ нече́стно по отноше́нию к кому́-л.
to cheat the gallows избежа́ть ви́селицы
to cheat time корота́ть вре́мя
;to cheat the journey корота́ть вре́мя в пути́
1. {tʃi:t} n
1. мошенничество, жульничество; обман
2. мошенник; жулик, плут, обманщик; шулер; самозванец
2. {tʃi:t} v
1) мошенничать, обманывать
to ~ at examinations - пользоваться шпаргалками, подсказками и т. п. на экзаменах
to ~ smb. out of his money - обманом выманить деньги у кого-л.
to ~ at cards - жульничать в карты; быть шулером
2) (on) изменять (супругу)
3) обманывать
to ~ the eye - обмануть зрение
to ~ death - чудом избежать смерти
to ~ the gallows - уйти от виселицы
to ~ time - коротать время
to ~ the journey - убивать дорожную скуку
II {tʃi:t} n бот.костёр ржаной (Bromus secalinus)