(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When someone ~s, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
Students may be tempted to ~ in order to get into top schools.
VERB: V
~ing
In an election in 1988, he was accused of ~ing by his opponent.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Someone who is a ~ does not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying.
Cheats will be disqualified.
N-COUNT
3.
If someone ~s you out of something, they get it from you by behaving dishonestly.
The company engaged in a deliberate effort to ~ them out of their pensions...
Many brokers were charged with ~ing customers in commodity trades.
VERB: V n out of/of n, V n
4.
If you say that someone ~s death, you mean they only just avoid being killed. (JOURNALISM)
He ~ed death when he was rescued from the roof of his blazing cottage.
PHRASE: V inflects