Beat
Beat verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good beat | good cheat |
| similar | similar beat | similar cheat |
| original | original beat | original cheat |
| strong | strong beat | strong cheat |
| Other adjectives: actual, little, bad, horrible, dramatic, double, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Lucy overhears this and, with help from Ethel, decides to cheat and beat him at every camping activity.
Source: Macho Disaster Expedition -
If you cheat to beat him in Chapter 3, you will get a Joke Ending similar to that of Earthworm Jim This is the same ending as if you used force without getting Nightmare Empower in Chapter 8.
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If they do need cheat codes to beat a game at all, then they will likely be ridiculed by more experienced gamers who didn't need to resort to such tricks.
Source: Cheat Code
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Cheat and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/cheat
Beat & Cheat. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/cheat>.
Cheat or Beat. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/cheat.
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