cheating
adj1
Unsporting or underhand.
2
Unfaithful or adulterous.
- Derived terms
- cheatingly, noncheating, uncheating
- Related terms
- Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
cheating
noun/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/
1
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
- the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned:
2
Broadcasting, Cinematography, Film, Media, Television The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
- Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography:
- Derived terms
- anticheating, contract cheating, cybercheating