Cheat

(noun.) a deception for profit to yourself.

(verb.) defeat someone through trickery or deceit.

(verb.) deprive somebody of something by deceit; 'The con-man beat me out of $50'; 'This salesman ripped us off!'; 'we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme'; 'They chiseled me out of my money'.

(verb.) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; 'Who's chiseling on the side?'.

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• He did cheat, I saw him. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• There was no sham and no cheat, and no hollow unreal in him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The townsmen despise and cheat the nomads, the nomads ill-treat and despise the townsfolk. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But that's the way you cheat yourself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I'll cheat you yet! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• We don't cheat in America, but you can, if you choose, said Jo angrily. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• You spare, thin men are always tempting and always cheating Death! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Serve him right, said Sir Pitt; him and his family has been cheating me on that farm these hundred and fifty years. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It means lowering the value of the stone, and cheating the rogues in that way! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Kicked on that occasion for cheating at dice? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Ever live by cheating at play? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I believe that on the day of the murder Adair had discovered that Moran was cheating. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The check was handed back to him, and Edison, fancying for a moment that in some way he had been cheated, went outside to the large steps to let the cold sweat evaporate. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Moreover, there is little evidence that the commonalty felt cheated by the priests, or had anything but trust and affection for the early priesthoods. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is curious, when a man is bent upon play, by what clumsy rogues he will allow himself to be cheated, Dobbin said; and Emmy said, Indeed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Looking out for a king and queen, and seeing only a middle-aged soldier and a rather young lady, I felt half cheated, half pleased. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Epstein,' said Bergmann, 'you have cheated me, and I will no longer sell by the lot, but will sell only by the pound. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• If I kept the secret, my silence concealed the character of the man who had cheated Laura into marrying him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am cheated in fewer things than you imagine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Every body lies and cheats--every body who is in business, at any rate. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Most of the cheats of existence are strong. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They are not to be thought of as cheats or usurpers of power, nor the rest of mankind as their dupes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You don't suppose Crawley cheats? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I believe, she said, I was quite mista'en in my thoughts of you: but there is so mony cheats goes about, you mun forgie me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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