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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It’s not lost on me that the two cheaters in the group are the ones who get killed.
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 31 Oct. 2024
And then — and there is no nice way to put this — there are the cheaters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
But the Kooks are cheaters, so JJ loses the race and all the remaining Poguelandia 2.0 money.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
That’s still a lot of cheaters to deal with, and there’s a good chance that a lot of cheaters are still undetected and operating as normal.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 31 Oct. 2024
And then — and there is no nice way to put this — there are the cheaters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
But the Kooks are cheaters, so JJ loses the race and all the remaining Poguelandia 2.0 money.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
That’s still a lot of cheaters to deal with, and there’s a good chance that a lot of cheaters are still undetected and operating as normal.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Cheater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheater. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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