Cheat and Twist

Cheat

Cheat verb - To use dishonest methods to achieve a goal.

Usage example: students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything

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Twist and cheat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Twist" instead a verb "Cheat".

Nearby Words: cheating, cheated, cheater

Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.

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Cheat and twist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheat" instead a verb "Twist".

Nearby Words: twisted, twisting, twister, twisty

good	good cheat	good twist
exact	exact cheat	exact twist
similar	similar cheat	similar twist
common	common cheat	common twist
Other adjectives: original, big, great, little, infamous, cruel, dramatic, significant, double, last, occasional, realistic.

people	cheat people	twist people
system	cheat system	twist system
time	cheat time	twist time
way	cheat way	twist way
Other words: bit, little, reality, anyone, rules, commands, laws.

The twist is that she didn't cheat but he was angry because she kept pressuring him to adopt a child.

Source: Defenestrate and Berate
In the "Linda Godiva" episode of Round the Twist, Linda has to help cheat at a horse race this way, using an enchanted perfume spritzer.

Source: Invisible Streaker
Classic Cheat Code: As a twist, IDDQD and IDKFA, the iconic Doom cheat codes, instead (respectively) kill you and rob you of all your weapons except a staff.

Source: Video Game / Heretic

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