cheaty

prone to cheating.

Adjective

  1. prone to cheating.
    • Now, to recap ... ach, you don't need a recap: winning team disqualified; cheaty accountant spoiled play; runner-up team promoted to winning team. - 2009 March 4, Zoe Williams, “Paxo, you're a pint of mild”, in The...
  2. Involving cheating; fraudulent.
    • a cheaty technique

Origin

Etymology tree English cheat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cheaty From cheat + -y.

Forms

cheatier cheatiest