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Nordic Open Ruling in Quarterfinals -- O'Laughlin vs. Mitrelis

Posted By: Mike Clapsadle
Date: Monday, 28 March 2016, at 7:53 p.m.

In Response To: Nordic Open Ruling in Quarterfinals -- O'Laughlin vs. Mitrelis (Barry Silliman)

There are 11 entries at dictionary.com and that is the only one that MAY not have negative connotation of malice or trickery attached to it. It's clear to me that cheating involves malice, otherwise it's an accident or carelessness. Would a grammatical error be cheating, by breaking the rules of the English language?

verb (used with object) 1. to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance.

2. to deceive; influence by fraud: He cheated us into believing him a hero.

3. to elude; deprive of something expected: He cheated the law by suicide. verb (used without object)

4. to practice fraud or deceit: She cheats without regrets.

5. to violate rules or regulations: He cheats at cards.

6. to take an examination or test in a dishonest way, as by improper access to answers.

7. Informal. to be sexually unfaithful (often followed by on): Her husband knew she had been cheating all along. He cheated on his wife. noun

8. a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds: He is a cheat and a liar.

9. a fraud; swindle; deception: The game was a cheat.

10. Law. the fraudulent obtaining of another's property by a pretense or trick.

11. an impostor: The man who passed as an earl was a cheat.

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