cheat
Play unfairly, dishonestly
Cheat centers on gaining an advantage through dishonesty or breaking rules.
Students cheat on exams, spouses cheat on partners, gamblers cheat at cards.
A cheat is both the act and the person who does it.
The verb extends to escaping consequences: He cheated death.
To feel cheated is to feel unfairly deprived: I felt cheated out of my inheritance.
A cheat code in video games bypasses normal gameplay restrictions—sometimes built in by developers, sometimes exploited by players.
Cause false belief
- trickDeliberate deception
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- misleadCause false belief
- hoodwinkTrick into false belief
bamboozle · con · swindle · dupe · fool · deception · trickery · dishonest
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
hoax · phishing · counterfeit · grift · flimflam · racket · hustle · mark
Breaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- backstabBetray someone's trust
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
unfaithful · infidelity · adultery · two-timer · affair · mistress · lover · cuckold
One who speaks falsely
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- ratRodent or informer
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
lowlife · crook · sleazeball · weasel · chiseler · double-dealer · swindler · scammer
Formal knowledge assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- cribSmall bed with rails
notes · answers · homework · essay · paper · school · student · proctor
Stiff paper rectangles
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- stackedArranged in a heap
- dealingConducting business transactions
- sleight-of-handSkillful manual deception
collusion · casino · hustler · shark · rigged · palm · switch
Notable act or abuse
- glitchMinor system fault
- hackShortcut or breach
- aimbotTargeting cheat software
- wallhackGame exploit bypassing barriers
mod · trainer · speedrun · bug · unfair · ban · boosting · griefing
deceive
Cause false belief
hoodwink · bamboozle · con · swindle · dupe · fool · deception · trickery · dishonest · cunning
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
forgery · hoax · phishing · counterfeit · grift · flimflam · racket · hustle · mark · victim
betrayal
Breaking of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- backstabBetray someone's trust
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
disloyalty · unfaithful · infidelity · adultery · two-timer · affair · mistress · lover · cuckold · heartbreak
liar
One who speaks falsely
scoundrel · lowlife · crook · sleazeball · weasel · chiseler · double-dealer · swindler · scammer · phony
exam
Formal knowledge assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- copyIdentical reproduction made
crib · notes · answers · homework · essay · paper · school · student · proctor · expelled
cards
Stiff paper rectangles
sleight-of-hand · collusion · casino · hustler · shark · rigged · palm · switch
exploit
Notable act or abuse
wallhack · mod · trainer · speedrun · bug · unfair · ban · boosting · griefing · macro
doping
Prohibited athletic drug use
point-shaving · diving · flopping · referee · banned · suspension · stripped · asterisk · scandal · disqualified
indulge
Satisfy a craving
snack · dessert · calories · break · reward · pizza · ice-cream
- cheaterscon artist, swindler, deceiver, fraud, liar
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- liarsdeceiver, fabricator, falsifier, fraud, prevaricator
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
cheatstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
play fair · be honest · truth-teller · honesty · integrity
- cheat sheetUnauthorized study notes
- cheat onBe romantically unfaithful
- cheat daysPlanned dietary exceptions
- cheating deathSurviving against all odds
- cheat deathSurvive against all odds
- cheat codesSecret gaming commands
cheating, cheater, cheated, cheaters, cheats, escheat, cheatable, cheat sheet, cheat-sheets