cheatin
Playing dishonestly, unfairly
Cheatin is an informal spelling of cheating, representing casual or dialectal pronunciation that drops the final g.
It appears in country music, blues, and Southern American speech: Your cheatin heart will tell on you.
The spelling evokes a folksy, unpretentious tone.
Married person's sexual betrayal
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
- philanderingCasual extramarital affairs
extramarital · fling · liaison · paramour · tryst · cuckoldry · mistress · lover
Unattributed use of others' work
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- cribbingIllicit copying during tests
- ghostwritingWriting anonymously for others
- examFormal knowledge assessment
test · homework · collusion · fabrication · falsifying · grade · expulsion · dishonesty
Prohibited athletic drug use
- steroidsPerformance-enhancing hormones
- PEDsBanned performance boosters
- corkingSlang for first-rate
- deflatingReleasing contained gas
diving · flopping · fouling · sabotage · bribery · scandal · asterisk · suspended
Deliberate deception or fraud
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- swindleDeception for financial gain
con · dupery · ruse · ploy · subterfuge · artifice · double-cross · backstabbing
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- two-timingBeing unfaithful romantically
philandering · extramarital · fling · liaison · paramour · tryst · cuckoldry · mistress · lover · heartbreak
plagiarism
Unattributed use of others' work
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- cribbingIllicit copying during tests
- ghostwritingWriting anonymously for others
exam · test · homework · collusion · fabrication · falsifying · grade · expulsion · dishonesty · shortcuts
doping
Prohibited athletic drug use
deflating · diving · flopping · fouling · sabotage · bribery · scandal · asterisk · suspended · banned
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
swindle · con · dupery · ruse · ploy · subterfuge · artifice · double-cross · backstabbing · scheming
stacking
Placing items vertically
swindle · sharper · poker · casino · sleight · dealing · fixing · con · crooked · underhanded
exploit
Notable act or abuse
glitch · mod · exploit · boosting · griefing · unfair · ban · speedrun · trainer · macro
cheatinhonest
Free from deception
honorable · truthful · upright · ethical · principled
cheatinfair play
Honorable conduct in games
sportsmanlike · sporting · fair and square · by the book · on the up-and-up
- 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