as in cheat
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
gambling casinos have very elaborate means of detecting cheaters
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Recent Examples of cheater
Surely, this shows the United States to be the cheater in these two relationships.
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Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
And who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
In the video, O'Sullivan praised the stranger and expressed her love for women who weren't afraid to expose cheaters.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Answer and don’t be an enormous cheater.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
And who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
In the video, O'Sullivan praised the stranger and expressed her love for women who weren't afraid to expose cheaters.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Answer and don’t be an enormous cheater.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheater
Noun
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There will always be bugs, exploits, cheats or simply overpowered options to reduce the challenge in any game.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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But a rolling pin with numeric markers provides an easy cheat when measuring out the length or diameter of doughs.—
Lauren Joseph,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Cheater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheater. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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