1) Beguiler 2) Cheat 3) Con artist 4) Con man 5) Cribnote preparer 6) Crook 7) Crooked poker player 8) Deceiver 9) Eyeglasses 10) Falsies 11) Impostor 12) Offender 13) One using a crib 14) One using cribnotes 15) One with a crib sheet 16) Scam artist 17) School copier 18) Sharp or trickster 19) Slicker Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/cheater
(from the article `community ecology`) Because mutualisms develop through the manipulation of other species, they are always susceptible to invasion by `cheaters,` those organisms that can ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/61
A cheater was a tax collector who collected dues owed to the king's exchequer. The term evolved into its present meaning from the manner in which the tax collectors fleeced and cheated the people. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/CXCA.HTM