cheating

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/

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cheating

1. present participle and gerund of cheat

cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)

1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
   • 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned:

     the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

2. (cinematography) 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.
   • 1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography:

     Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing

• contract cheating

cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)

1. Unsporting or underhand.
2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

• Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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