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as in misrepresents
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything
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as in lies
to be sexually unfaithful
he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him
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as in disappoints
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again
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as in hustles
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings
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as in dodgers
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a cheat at cards
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Recent Examples of cheats
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
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Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The top-two primary system also cheats voters by pushing all candidates onto one primary ballot.
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John Seiler,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
Inspired by real stories, Eva Marcille portrays a wife who miraculously cheats death after her husband’s (Tyler Lepley) betrayal in Pushed Off a Plane and Survived airing on February 28.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
Ella Chakarian,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2026
Migrant welfare cheats exposed!
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The Hill,
5 May 2026
Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.
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Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
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Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
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John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Economies rotted under the weight of crony capitalism or the various lies, cheats, and inefficiencies of socialism, unless temporarily sustained by external aid (Cuba) or oil (Iraq, Libya, Iran).
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
Throughout the nighttime soap, Margo lies, cheats, and steals in the name of herself and her Republican politician husband, and her wig eventually felt like a metaphor for her general façade.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
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Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The top-two primary system also cheats voters by pushing all candidates onto one primary ballot.
—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
Inspired by real stories, Eva Marcille portrays a wife who miraculously cheats death after her husband’s (Tyler Lepley) betrayal in Pushed Off a Plane and Survived airing on February 28.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.
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Ella Chakarian,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2026
Migrant welfare cheats exposed!
—
The Hill,
5 May 2026
Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.
—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
The world is full of bad actors—cheats, liars, tyrants, sickos—who are, ultimately, mere human beings; at least, this was how rationality would have it.
—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.
—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.
—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Economies rotted under the weight of crony capitalism or the various lies, cheats, and inefficiencies of socialism, unless temporarily sustained by external aid (Cuba) or oil (Iraq, Libya, Iran).
—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
Throughout the nighttime soap, Margo lies, cheats, and steals in the name of herself and her Republican politician husband, and her wig eventually felt like a metaphor for her general façade.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheats
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Alumni contend the investigation is politically motivated and misrepresents the law, aiming to undermine Yale's commitment to diversity.
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While there is certainly a problem with the ubiquity of politicians and business leaders of advanced age, Moyn misrepresents older people and offers solutions that are discriminatory against them.
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Professionals must actively map where their risk truly lies, assessing counterparty exposure, income correlation, and cost repricing, rather than mistaking simplicity for safety.
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Beneath the layers of the Southwest Trail, a 65-mile project connecting Hot Springs to Little Rock, lies a section of train tracks and a 60-year-old legacy between a grandfather and grandson.
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If Starship stalls or autonomy disappoints, his paper trillion evaporates.
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This is one of the big reasons so much AI work disappoints.
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Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
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Despite concerns that chip stocks could be topping out as the industry hustles to boost supply, Wall Street thinks Micron still has plenty of room to run.
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Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.
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If the armed forces are the instrument through which the president evades the Constitution, then the leaders of those armed forces must answer for their role.
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Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
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Conclusion Somewhere tonight, a car on a random street here in the UK is silently feeding power back into the grid while its owner sleeps!
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Pick your poison, babe, for a Swift-centric escape in the city that never sleeps.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
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“Cheats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheats. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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