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Webster 1828 Edition


Cheating

CHEATING

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ppr.
Defrauding by deception; imposing on.

CHEATING

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Noun.
The act of defrauding by deceitful arts.

Definition 2024


cheating

cheating

English

Verb

cheating

  1. present participle of cheat

Noun

cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)

  1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
    • Edward Bulwer Lytton
      the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade
  1. A cinematography term for the arrangements of people or items in a film
    • Joseph V. Mascelli, “The Five C’s of Cinematography”.
      Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing

Translations

Adjective

cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)

  1. Unsporting or underhand.
  2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

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