CHEAT

I. verb Etymology: 2~ Date: 1590 transitive verb to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud, to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice, to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting , intransitive verb 1. to practice fraud or trickery, to violate rules dishonestly , to be sexually unfaithful, to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area , ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun see: es~ Date: 1615 the act or an instance of fraudulently deceiving ; deception , fraud , one that ~s ; pretender , deceiver, 3. \probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain] chess 1, ~grass , the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth