| 词汇 | cheat |
| 词源 | cheat. In feudal times escheators were officers of the king’s exchequer appointed to receive dues and taxes and handle es- tates that might possibly revert to the crown because of failure of descendants to qualify as heirs. The escheators did so many people out of money unscrupulously that their name was in- herited by future generations in the form of cheat. |
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