Cheat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.]
  1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
     I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.   --Shak.
  2. To beguile.
     To cheat winter of its dreariness.   --W. Irving.
  Syn: -- To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.