cheat
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cheat: 不正手段でお金･財産などを得るためにだますこと
fool: 笑い者にしたり, 欲しい物を手に入れるためにだますこと
deceive: 〘主に書〙 で, 悪意を持って特に自分を信用している人をだますこと. 日常英語ではdeceiveの代わりにtrickを用いることが多い
trick: 狡猾に人をだますこと
/icons/point.icon CHEAT, COZEN, DEFRAUD, SWINDLE mean to get something by dishonesty or deception.
CHEAT suggests using trickery that escapes observation.
e.g. cheated me out of a dollar
COZEN implies artful persuading or flattering to attain a thing or a purpose.
e.g. always able to cozen her grandfather out of a few dollars
DEFRAUD stresses depriving one of his or her rights and usually connotes deliberate perversion of the truth.
e.g. defrauded of her inheritance by an unscrupulous lawyer
SWINDLE implies large-scale cheating by misrepresentation or abuse of confidence.
e.g. swindled of their savings by con artists
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verb
1. no object act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination:
〈人が〉 【試合･ゲームなどで】不正をする, ごまかす, 【試験で】カンニングをする «at, in, on»
e.g. she always cheats at cards.
with object deceive or trick:
｟けなして｠ 〈人が〉(利益のために)〈人〉をだます, 欺く; 〖cheat A(out) of B〗 A〈人〉からB〈物･事〉をだまし取る; 〖～ A into doing〗 A〈人〉をだまして…させる
e.g. he had cheated her out of everything she had.
informal be sexually unfaithful:
｟くだけて｠ 【配偶者などをだまして】浮気, 不倫する «on» (→ affair)
e.g. I wish someone had told me my partner was cheating on me.
2. with object avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill:
〈死など〉を(運よく)逃れる(elude); 〈退屈など〉をごまかして忘れる, 紛らす
e.g. she cheated death in a spectacular crash.
archaic help (time) pass:
e.g. the tuneless rhyme with which the warder cheats the time.
noun
a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage:
不正をする人, 詐欺師, ぺてん師(｟主に米｠ cheater)
e.g. a liar and a cheat.
an act of cheating; a fraud or deception.
詐欺, 不正行為; 〖通例a ～〗 いんちきな物, 偽物;〘ゲーム〙 いんちき技
ORIGIN
late Middle English: shortening of escheat (the original sense).