Cheat and Villain

Cheat

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

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

Nearby Words: cheating, cheated, cheater

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

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Cheat and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheat" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

human	human cheat	human villain
good	good cheat	good villain
certain	certain cheat	certain villain
original	original cheat	original villain
Other adjectives: actual, big, great, little, bad, former, ruthless, last, eponymous.

In Urinetown, those that try to cheat the law and not pay to use a public toilet are sent to Urinetown, and not even the daughter of the villain knows what or where it is.

Source: Released to Elsewhere
Roy Rooster is the villain, and while he's doing this trope, he turns to the audience ands says, "You can tell I am ze bad guy: I cheat at solitaire".

Source: Poke the Poodle
May overlap with Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat if the villain had victory in hand before he did whatever he did.

Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain

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