What is the meaning of cheating?

noun

• A deception for profit to yourself.
  • synonyms: cheat

verb

• Deprive somebody of something by deceit.
  • usage: "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
  • synonyms: cheat, rip off, chisel
• Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
  • synonyms: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
• Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.
  • usage: "Who's chiseling on the side"
  • synonyms: cheat, chisel
• Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
  • usage: "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering"
  • synonyms: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander

adjective

• Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
  • usage: "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"
  • synonyms: adulterous, two-timing
• Violating accepted standards or rules.
  • usage: "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
  • synonyms: dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike