Verb

(burgl)

(chiefly, British, NZ) to commit burglary.

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(UK, sports) To take the ball legally from an opposing player.

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Verb

(en verb)

To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.

To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.

My husband cheated on me with his secretary.

To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.

I feel as if I've cheated fate.

To deceive; to fool; to trick.

My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.

He cheated his way into office.

* Shakespeare

I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.

To beguile.

(Sir Walter Scott)

* Washington Irving

to cheat winter of its dreariness