philandered

past tense of philander
as in cheated
to be sexually unfaithful he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage

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  • One major case was probing if Capital One cheated customers out of $2 billion in interest payments.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • And a media room cheated as an office, where the family keeps important papers.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Philandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philandered. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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