Cheat and Imitation

Cheat

Cheat noun - A dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value.

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Imitation and cheat are semantically related in counterfeit topic. In some cases you can use "Imitation" instead a noun "Cheat".

Nearby Words: cheating, cheated, cheater

Imitation noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Cheat and imitation are semantically related in counterfeit topic. Sometimes you can use "Cheat" instead a noun "Imitation".

good	good cheat	good imitation
right	right cheat	right imitation
fair	fair cheat	fair imitation
successful	successful cheat	successful imitation
Other adjectives: big, bad, cruel, flying.

Subverted in the Homestar Runner cartoon literally called "The Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon", which begins with Strong Bad and the Cheat being caught by the "police" (or more accurately, Homestar doing a poor imitation of a police siren) and arrested.

Source: Police Are Useless

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