Word: cheated
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...sooty little conscience glowing at her quick repentance, out he marched, free to take a new lodging, walk the London streets after work and supper, fondle his mustache, boldly scrutinize passing women and wait, thinking himself a very audacious chap of the world indeed, for further chances to cheat life of amorous adventures where the women gave all and he, Amédée Ripois, gave nothing...
...said MacMurray, I am forced to say that I think the picture of Mr. Miller flatters MacMurray. Nevertheless, if you are going to try to give the great American public an idea of what a man's face looks like, I hardly think it is fair to cheat even in his favor...
...last point in this report is what we feel to be the changing status of examinations. We feel that the evolution of the examination in the last few years gives good grounds for supposing that it will become even increasingly difficult for any student to cheat in an examination...
...prominent position as bond-chaser in Lee Higginson's well-known counting-house . . . They [the s. v. he-men] are fed warmed-over editorials by Doc. Crane about 'Jesus on the Bleachers' and 'Saint Paul on the Field of Battle,' and this may account for the fact that they cheat with a sort of early-Christian simplicity which is almost touching...
OPPOSITION: "Parliament is a bluff with which you hope to cheat public opinion...