as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
gambling casinos have very elaborate means of detecting cheaters
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Recent Examples of cheater
In the video, O'Sullivan praised the stranger and expressed her love for women who weren't afraid to expose cheaters.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Some top streamers have also run into these cheaters, showing that the issue is becoming more widespread.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The Hall of Fame, many argue, is already full of bad actors, cheaters and racists.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The League of Legends maker’s anti-cheat director spoke with TechCrunch about using a tool called Vanguard, which sits deep inside a Windows operating system to determine if any cheaters have installed code or tampered with a gamer’s computer.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Some top streamers have also run into these cheaters, showing that the issue is becoming more widespread.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
The Hall of Fame, many argue, is already full of bad actors, cheaters and racists.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The League of Legends maker’s anti-cheat director spoke with TechCrunch about using a tool called Vanguard, which sits deep inside a Windows operating system to determine if any cheaters have installed code or tampered with a gamer’s computer.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheater
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Which is why when Lowe − an avid follower of the low-carb Atkins diet for decades and the diet's brand spokesperson since 2018 − has an occasional cheat day, all bets are off.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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While individual tax cheats obviously benefit from a weak IRS, no stakeholder has more to gain than the large California tech giant Intuit Inc.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Cheater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheater. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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