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    Cheat, deceive, and trick all refer to fraudulent or dishonest acts intended to mislead someone for personal gain or amusement. Cheat specifically means to act dishonestly such as by fraud or deception to obtain an unfair advantage. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading others through false statements or appearances in order to prevent the truth from being known. Trick refers to the use of cunning strategies or maneuvers, often of a petty nature, to deceive or outwit others through fraudulent means for profit or amusement.

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    Cheat, deceive, and trick all refer to fraudulent or dishonest acts intended to mislead someone for personal gain or amusement. Cheat specifically means to act dishonestly such as by fraud or deception to obtain an unfair advantage. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading others through false statements or appearances in order to prevent the truth from being known. Trick refers to the use of cunning strategies or maneuvers, often of a petty nature, to deceive or outwit others through fraudulent means for profit or amusement.

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    Cheat, deceive, and trick all refer to fraudulent or dishonest acts intended to mislead someone for personal gain or amusement. Cheat specifically means to act dishonestly such as by fraud or deception to obtain an unfair advantage. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading others through false statements or appearances in order to prevent the truth from being known. Trick refers to the use of cunning strategies or maneuvers, often of a petty nature, to deceive or outwit others through fraudulent means for profit or amusement.

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    Cheat Deceive Trick

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    Cheat, deceive, and trick all refer to fraudulent or dishonest acts intended to mislead someone for personal gain or amusement. Cheat specifically means to act dishonestly such as by fraud or deception to obtain an unfair advantage. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading others through false statements or appearances in order to prevent the truth from being known. Trick refers to the use of cunning strategies or maneuvers, often of a petty nature, to deceive or outwit others through fraudulent means for profit or amusement.

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    Cheat

    verb (used with object) 1. to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance. 2. to deceive; influence by fraud: He cheated us into believing him a hero. 3. to elude; deprive of something expected: He cheated the law by suicide. verb (used without object) 4. to practice fraud or deceit: She cheats without regrets. 5. to violate rules or regulations: He cheats at cards. 6. to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers. 7. Informal . to be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on ): Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife. noun 8. a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds: He is a cheat and a liar. 9. a fraud; swindle; deception: The game was a cheat. 10 Law . the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick. 11.an impostor: The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.

    Synonyms 1. mislead, dupe, delude; gull, con; hoax, fool. Cheat, deceive, trick, victimize refer to the use of fraud or artifice deliberately to obtain an unfair advantage over someone. Cheat implies conducting matters fraudulently, especially for profit to oneself: to cheat at cards. Deceive suggests deliberately misleading or deluding, to produce misunderstanding or to prevent someone from knowing the truth: to deceive one's parents. To trick is to deceive by a stratagem, often of a petty, crafty, or dishonorable kind: to trick someone into signing a note. To victimize is to make a victim of; the emotional connotation makes the cheating, deception, or trickery seem particularly dastardly: to victimize a blind man. 8. swindler, trickster, sharper, dodger, charlatan, fraud, fake, phony, mountebank. 9. imposture, artifice, trick, hoax.

    Deceive
    verb (used with object) 1.to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter. 2.to be unfaithful to (one's spouse or lover). 3.Archaic . to while away (time).

    Trick
    noun 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile. 2. an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering candlelight. 3. a roguish or mischievous act; practical joke; prank: She likes to play tricks on her friends. 4. a mean, foolish, or childish action. 5. a clever or ingenious device or expedient; adroit technique: the tricks of the trade. adjective 15. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving tricks: trick shooting. 16. designed or used for tricks: a trick chair. 17. (of a joint) inclined to stiffen or weaken suddenly and unexpectedly: a trick shoulder. verb (used with object) 18. to deceive by trickery. 19. Heraldry . to indicate the tinctures of (a coat of arms) with engraver's tricks. 20. to cheat or swindle (usually followed by out of ): to trick someone out of an inheritance. 21. to beguile by trickery (usually followed by into ). verb (used without object) 22. to practice trickery or deception; cheat. 23. to play tricks; trifle (usually followed by with ). 24. Slang . to engage in sexual acts for hire. Verb phrase 25. trick out, Informal . to embellish or adorn with or as if with ornaments or other attentiongetting devices. Idioms 26. do / turn the trick, to achieve the desired effect or result: Another turn of the pliers should do the trick. 27. turn a trick, Slang . (of a prostitute) to engage in a sexual act with a customer.

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