Cheating

//ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity. countable, uncountable

    "the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade"

  2. 2
    a deception for profit to yourself wordnet
  3. 3
    The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location. countable, uncountable

    "Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cheat form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Unsporting or underhand.
  2. 2
    Unfaithful or adulterous.
Adjective
  1. 1
    violating accepted standards or rules wordnet
  2. 2
    not faithful to a spouse or lover wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cheatimpositionactingadulterousadulterousaffectation

Antonyms

All antonyms
fair

Example

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"The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them."

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contract cheating

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