Cheats
Plays
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In the James Bond novel Devil May Care, James plays a game of tennis with the villain, though notable for the fact he cheats.
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In City of Angels, Buddy Fidler casts his wife, Carla Haywood, as Alaura, and cheats on her with the starlet who plays Mallory.
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Judy's father plays Cribbage with one who he claims "cheats like there's no tomorrow", and Duke Weaselton is greedy, cowardly, and all-around crooked, a weasel in the metaphorical sense as well as literal.
Source: Disney / Zootopia
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