cheat
1 of 2verb/tʃit/
Forms:cheats,cheating,cheated,cheated
1
to trick someone, typically with the intention of depriving them of something valuable
transitive- She realized her business partner had cheated her out of a fair share of the profits.
- She was devastated when she found out someone had cheated her out of her inheritance.
- He found out that his partner had been cheating him out of their shared inheritance.
- The worker sued the company for cheating him out of promised benefits and overtime pay.