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cheater

[chee-ter] / ˈtʃi tər /


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Jonasi Gomora, portrayed by South African actor Sdumo Mtshali, has been described by some fans of the show as a "serial cheater"

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Letlhogonolo Mogale, who binged the show days after its release, described Jonasi as an "serial cheater" and "opportunist who would do anything to satisfy himself".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

So why would audiences care about a liar and cheater desperate to gain acceptance among horrible elitists at an exclusive club?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

“Only time will tell but like the saying always goes, once a cheater, always a cheater.”

From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024

Somehow, he'd been caught up in so many layers of deception: Willow Chance wasn't a cheater.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

California highway patrol is getting wise to jackets and mannequins by carpool lane cheaters.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

Amusingly, Mr. Romney takes pains to point out that beneficiaries of this tax provision weren’t cheaters; they were playing by the rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Those changes include trying to deal with the cheaters and "bots" - machines pretending to be players to level up characters without effort - and doing something almost unthinkable in modern games.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

Algorithms on popular platforms like Chess.com and Lichess.org will quickly catch players making excessive use of engines, but employing them selectively can give cheaters a decisive and likely undetectable advantage.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2025

In contrast, the students with the teachers identified as cheaters scored far worse, by an average of more than a full grade level.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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