- (also cheater especially in North American English)[countable] a person who cheats, especially in a game
- You little cheat!
- Are you accusing me of being a cheat?
- a plan to crack down on tax cheats
- benefit/welfare cheats
- attempts to eliminate drug cheats from the sport
- I've been a liar and a cheat.
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- [singular] something that seems unfair or dishonest, for example a way of doing something with less effort than it usually needs
- It's really a cheat, but you can use ready-made pastry if you want.
- [countable] (computing) a program you can use to move immediately to the next stage of a computer game without needing to play the game
- There's a cheat you can use to get to the next level.
Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of escheat (the original sense) ‘land that is given back to the state or the lord if the owner dies without legal heirs’.
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