CHEAT

Swindling; defrauding. “Deceitful practices in defrauding or endeavoring to defraud another of his known right by some toillful device, contrary to the plain rules of common honesty.” Hawk. P. C b. 2, c 23, L “The fraudulent obtaining the property of another by any deceitful and illegal practice or token (short of felony) which affects or may affect the public” Steph. Crim. Law, 93. Cheats, punishable at common law, are such cheats (not amounting to felony) as are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large, and against which common prudence could not have guarded. 2 Whart Crim. Law,