cheat
/tʃiːt/
US pronunciation
American sound/tʃiːt/
cheat
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US voice -> cheat
Myanmar meaning
(v) လိမ်လည်လှည့်စား (n) လူလိမ်
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၁။ လိမ်လည်လှည့်စားသည်။
Many people are cheated by shop signs offering ‘bargains’. ❍ The employees feel cheated by their low pay rise. ❍ cheat the taxman (ie avoid paying one's taxes) ❍ (fig ) cheat death. သေမင်းခံတွင်းဝမှ လွတ်လာသည်။ သေရွာမှ ပြန်လာသည်။
၂။ ~ (at sth) မသမာသောနည်းကို အသုံးပြုသည်။ accuse sb of cheating at cards.
၃။ ~ (on) sb (esp US ) (အိမ်ထောင်ရေး) ဖောက်ပြားသည်။
n
၁။ လူလိမ်။ You little cheat!
၂။ အလိမ်။ လိမ်နည်း။
❏ cheat sb (out) of sth [PHRV ]
သူတစ်ပါး အခွင့်အလမ်း ကို မတရားသဖြင့် ဆုံးရှုံးစေသည်။ He was cheated (out) of his rightful inheritance.
More examples
- Kids have always found ways of cheating in school exams.
- You can’t do that – it’s cheating.
- You can cheat by adding a little flour.
- The builders had cheated her by using low-quality materials.
- [cheat someone (out) of something] : He was accused of cheating investors out of their life savings.
- He swore to me that he had never cheated.
Synonyms
deceive, trick, con, swindle, defraud, bamboozle, take advantage of, bilk, dupe, artifice, baffle, baloney, bamboozlement, beat, beguile, bill of goods, bleed, bluff, bunco, burn, caboodle, charlatan, cheater, check, chicanery, chisel, chiseler, con artist, con game, con man, confidence operator, conniver, cover up, cozen, cozener, cozening, crib, crook, cross, deceit, deceiver, deception, decoy, defeat, defrauder, delude, deprive, diddle, dirty pool, dirty trick, do, do a number on, dodge, dodger, double-cross, double-crosser, double-deal, double-dealer, double-dealing, enticer, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, fast talk, finagle, fix, fleece, flimflam, foil, fool, frame, fraud, fraudster, frustrate, fudge, give bum steer, gouge, gyp, hanky-panky, hoax, hoaxing, hoodwink, hose, humbug, hustle, hypocrite, impostor, imposture, inveigler, jazz, jerk around, jive, jockey, masquerader, milk, mislead, plant, pretender, prevent, pull one's leg, put-on, quack, racket, rascal, ream, rip off, rip-off, rogue, rook, rope in, run around, sandbag, scam, scammer, screw, sell, shady deal, shaft, sham, shark, sharper, shell game, short, shuck, shyster, skin, snow, snow job, spoof, stiff, sting, stunt, sucker, swindler, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, thwart, trickery, trickster, trim, two-time, victimize, whitewash, wrong
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