cheat

verb

• 1 [no object] act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage:she always cheats at cards
• [with object] gain an advantage over or deprive of something by using unfair or deceitful methods; defraud:he had cheated her out of everything she had
• informal be sexually unfaithful:his wife was cheating on him

• 2 [with object] avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill:she cheated death in a spectacular crash

noun

• a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.
• an act of cheating; a fraud or deception.
• [mass noun] a children’s card game, the object of which is to get rid of one’s cards while making declarations about them which may or may not be truthful.