<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance.</li><li>To deceive; influence by fraud: He cheated us into believing him a hero.</li><li>To elude; deprive of something expected: He cheated the law by suicide.</li><li>(used without object) To practice fraud or deceit: She cheats without regrets.</li><li>To violate rules or regulations: He cheats at cards.</li><li>To take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers.</li><li>Informal: To be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on): Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds: He is a cheat and a liar.</li><li>A fraud; swindle; deception: The game was a cheat.</li><li>Law: The fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.</li><li>An impostor: The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.</li></ul>