cheats

noun

(countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.

(countable) Someone who cheats.

(video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

(card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.

(uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.

(obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.

verb

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.

(transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.

(transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

(informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.

Roots

escheatcheat- · Old French · confiscated property

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The word cheats breaks down into one root of Old French origin: the root cheat-, from Old French escheat (“confiscated property”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.