Cheat /(?)/

1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

   When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat.

2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.

   Airy wonders, which cheats interpret.

3. A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess. (Bot.)
4. The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. (Law)

imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating

1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.

   I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.

2. To beguile.

   To cheat winter of its dreariness.

1. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

1. Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.]

   Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste.