What is CHEATERS, or ESCHEATORS? Definition of CHEATERS, or ESCHEATORS in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
were officers appointed to look after the king's escheats, a duty which gave them great opportunities of fraud and oppression, and in consequence many complaints were made of their misconduct. Hence it seems that a cheater came to signify a fraudulent person, and thence the verb to cheat was derived. Wharton.
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