1. Noun
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
2. Noun
One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
3. Noun
A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
4. Noun
The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
5. Noun
To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
6. Noun
To beguile.
7. Verb
To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
8. Noun
Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
9. Noun
a deception for profit to yourself
Vocabulary classified under Law
10. Noun
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Vocabulary classified under Law
11. Noun
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
12. Noun
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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