n.

1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous;
   darnel, tare, bearded darnel, Lolium temulentum
2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat;
   chess, Bromus secalinus
3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true;
   deceiver, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
4. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme;
   swindle, rig
   
   • that book is a fraud
5. a deception for profit to yourself;
   cheating

v.

1. deprive somebody of something by deceit;
   rip off, chisel
   
   • The con-man beat me out of $50
   • This salesman ripped us off!
   • we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
   • They chiseled me out of my money
2. defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit;
   chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
3. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud;
   chisel
   
   • Who's chiseling on the side?
4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
   cheat on, cuckold, betray, wander
   
   • She cheats on her husband
   • Might her husband be wandering?