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
There are also many situations where the cheater accepts full responsibility and both parties genuinely want to rebuild trust).
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 27 Aug. 2025
Where the, where the signal is somehow maintaining its honesty, and that cheaters cannot undermine it.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
But pride comes before the fall, and Call of Duty players have had it with certain aspects of the game, from stale gameplay to cheaters to goofy Fortnite-ish skins that keep being added to its cash shop.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Also, those chopsticks are cheaters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2025
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 27 Aug. 2025
Where the, where the signal is somehow maintaining its honesty, and that cheaters cannot undermine it.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
But pride comes before the fall, and Call of Duty players have had it with certain aspects of the game, from stale gameplay to cheaters to goofy Fortnite-ish skins that keep being added to its cash shop.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Also, those chopsticks are cheaters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheater
Noun
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What’s your favorite cheat food?—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most victims begin by searching for free or cracked software, cheat tools or game hacks, which is the root of the infection chain.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Denise Rich, a Democratic donor, gave four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to his Presidential-library foundation, and Clinton, on his final day in office, pardoned her ex-husband, Marc Rich, a tax dodger and a sanctions evader who’d fled to Switzerland.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Cheater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheater. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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