CHEAT (2)

cheat (2). Cheat, v.t. to defraud in a bargain, to deceive for the purpose of gaining an advantage

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Cheat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] [[See Cheat, n., Escheat.]] 1. 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. Shak. 2. 2. To beguile. Sir W. Scott.
To cheat winter of its dreariness. W. Irving. Syn. — To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.