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as in misrepresented
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything
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as in slept
to be sexually unfaithful
he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him
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as in disappointed
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again
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as in stung
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings
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Recent Examples of cheated
Some people like to vote on election day, said Dianne Clinkscale from Dallas, arguing that the county’s voters got cheated out their right on to vote.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
Visitors to the sites at Independence Park were cheated when they were cut off from facts that enable us to imagine ourselves in the lives of those who lived and worked there.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
To sum up the series finale’s key moments, in the college timeline, Bree (Cat Missal), in a rage of anger after finding out that Lucy (Grace Van Patten) was the person Evan (Branden Cook) had cheated with, releases the tape of Lucy admitting to lying about being raped.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Ustyugov was also a part of the Russian relay team that won the gold medal in the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and was found to have cheated ahead of that season as well.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Those very few still alive believe to this day that they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
Visitors to the sites at Independence Park were cheated when they were cut off from facts that enable us to imagine ourselves in the lives of those who lived and worked there.
—Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
To sum up the series finale’s key moments, in the college timeline, Bree (Cat Missal), in a rage of anger after finding out that Lucy (Grace Van Patten) was the person Evan (Branden Cook) had cheated with, releases the tape of Lucy admitting to lying about being raped.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Ustyugov was also a part of the Russian relay team that won the gold medal in the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and was found to have cheated ahead of that season as well.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Those very few still alive believe to this day that they are being cheated out of Social Security benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheated
Verb
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If investigators determine that Noem knowingly misrepresented facts while testifying, the conduct should be prosecuted as a federal felony.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Federal officials later filed a notice of appeal of the ruling, and the administration continued pursuing possible deportation based on allegations that Khalil misrepresented information on his green card application.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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Shopping writer Julia Harrison has slept on these for a little over a month with no notes, but specifically delighting in their kindness to sensitive skin.—
Shoko Wanger,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Xavier sees where his wife slept the past three years.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Hawks wrote in a statement on Monday that it was disappointed with the NBA’s decision but would respect it.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Loeb was disappointed by the outcome Saturday, but was ready to put some perspective on it.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday, facing reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes in an exhibition against Team USA, McCray stung a line drive the opposite way for a loud out.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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After the match, that loss really stung.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Some of the new generation is riffing on that in trying to be as distorted as possible just for the sake of it.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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Time in that video is completely distorted; events that are about to happen are referred to in the past tense.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Early in the second period, just after Greaves got caught out of the net while playing a puck to his right, Provorov hustled to the other side of the net and sprawled across the ice, blocking a shot by Florida’s Tomas Nosek that would have tied the score at 1.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Ducks’ fourth line toiled low in the zone, and after the Jets hustled to avert the threat there, Trouba’s ostensibly harmless fling from the far corner found the net, appearing to hit Winnipeg defenseman Ville Heinola’s stick first.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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Lewandowski evaded this ban by taking a role as a special government employee, limited by law to working no more than 130 days a year for the federal government.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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While most of Iran’s missiles and drones have been intercepted, six US service members were killed when an Iranian projectile evaded air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center at Kuwait’s Shuaiba port on Sunday.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Suffice it to say, my salmon and avocado toast could have been made with stuff caught and plucked that day.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Moss is one of two employees that Virco, a school-furniture maker known for its colorful plastic classroom chairs, plucked from other departments for three-year apprenticeships in tool and die.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Cheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheated. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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