cheat vb
1 bamboozle (informal) beguile, bilk, con (informal) cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle (informal) do (informal) do the dirty on (Brit. informal) double-cross (informal) dupe, finagle (informal) fleece, fool, gull (archaic) hoax, hoodwink, kid (informal) mislead, pull a fast one on (informal) rip off (slang) skin (slang) stiff (slang) sting (informal) stitch up (slang) swindle, take for a ride (informal) take in (informal) thwart, trick, victimize
2 baffle, check, defeat, deprive, foil, frustrate, prevent, thwart n
3 artifice, deceit, deception, fraud, imposture, rip-off (slang) scam (slang) sting (informal) swindle, trickery
4 charlatan, cheater, chiseller (informal) con man (informal) deceiver, dodger, double-crosser (informal) fraudster, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) impostor, knave (archaic) rogue, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster