Cheating is when a person misleading, deceptive or dishonest purpose of the act. For students, cheating may take place at school, playing a sport, or at home. If a cricket team for children who are 8 years old, this is cheating a 10-year-old to play on the team. In schools, in addition to cheating, a kid might cheat, steal someone else idea of a science project or copy a book report on the Internet and as if it is his or her original work. Copy someone else words or work, they say you are a type of cheating ...