cheating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cheat

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

   “the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade”

2. (countable, uncountable)The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.

   “Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing”

adj

1. Unsporting or underhand.
2. Unfaithful or adulterous.