cheat
US: /ˈtʃit/
UK: /tʃˈiːt/
UK: /tʃˈiːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
cheat /tʃi:t/
- danh từ
- trò lừa đảo, trò lừa bịp; trò gian lận, ngón gian
- người lừa đảo, kẻ gian lận; tên cờ bạc bịp, tên cờ bạc gian lận
- topping cheat
- (từ lóng) cái giá treo cổ
- ngoại động từ
- lừa, lừa đảo (ai)
- to cheat someone [out] of something: lừa ai để lấy vật gì
- tiêu, làm tiêu tan (thì giờ, mệt nhọc, bằng cách đi chơi...)
- lừa, lừa đảo (ai)
- nội động từ
- gian lận; đánh bạc bịp
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) có ngoại tình; ((thường) + on) không chung thuỷ
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 [VN] to trick or deceive sb, especially when they trust you: She is accused of attempting to cheat the taxman. + Many people feel cheated by the government's refusal to hold a referendum. + He cheated his way into the job.
2 [V] ~ (at sth) to act in a dishonest way in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game, a competition, an exam, etc: He cheats at cards. + You're not allowed to look at the answers-that's cheating. + Anyone caught cheating will be automatically disqualified from the examination.
3 [V] ~ (on sb) (of sb who is married or who has a regular sexual partner) to have a secret sexual relationship with sb else: He's cheating on his wife.
Idioms: cheat death (often used in newspapers) to survive in a situation where you could have died
Phrasal Verbs: cheat sb (out) of sth to prevent sb from having sth, especially in a way that is not honest or fair: They cheated him out of his share of the profits.
+ noun (especially BrE)
1 (also cheater especially in AmE) [C] 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
2 [sing.] something that seems unfair or dishonest, for example a way of doing sth with less effort than it usually needs: It's really a cheat, but you can use ready-made pastry if you want.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 swindler, deceiver, impostor, fraud, faker, fake, swindler, trickster, confidence man, con man, operator, charlatan, mountebank, rogue, shark, Colloq phoney or US also phony, US snake-oil artist:
It is amazing how many cheats are out there waiting to take advantage of you.
v.
2 swindle, deceive, bilk, trick, con, take, fleece, defraud, euchre, hoax, hoodwink, Colloq con, take in, rook, flimflam, finagle, diddle, fiddle, move the goalposts, bamboozle, take for a ride; Slang rip off:
His own solicitor cheated him out of his inheritance. If you paid ten pounds for that painting, you were cheated.
Concise English dictionary
cheats|cheated|cheatingtʃiːt
noun
+weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
+weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
+someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
+the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
+a deception for profit to yourself
verb
+deprive somebody of something by deceit
+defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
+engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
+be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
