Indeed, so vicious that it is often impossible to simply punish the cheater him or herself.

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So, a potential cheater might even be willing to risk his or her own life, if the cheater believes it could bring reward to their progeny.

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They cheated the cheater.

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That move would allow the smart cheater to get long the calls for a slightly lower cost and make the call trades look like sales since they got traded on the bid.

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It was an unusual request but an interesting challenge for the engineers who spend their time testing, dismantling, and figuring out how a cheater might compromise any of the thousands of loud, dizzying, dazzling slot machines licensed in the state.

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LaViolette has described for jurors Arias' volatile relationship with Alexander, portraying the man as a womanizing cheater who courted multiple women simultaneously, using graphic language to entice them into sexual encounters, while berating Arias with derogatory names.

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The new College Football Playoff has caught its first cheater: a ballot-stuffer in Austin, Texas.

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The decline of Lance Armstrong from Greatest American Hero to Cheatingest Cheater Who Ever Cheated is an athletic fall from grace unmatched in recent history.

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But the fact is Pete Rose is in the Hall of Fame because he wasn't honest, he was a cheater.

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