схитри́ть

rare #25206

verbperfective imperfective is хитри́ть

1.
to use cunning, to resort to a trick, to dodge
Что́бы вы́играть, он немно́го схитри́л.
To win he used a little cunning.
Perfective; a single act of craftiness, often harmless.
2.
to cheat a little, to fudge
Он схитри́л на экза́мене и списа́л отве́т.
He cheated in the exam and copied the answer.
Colloquial: bending the rules in a game or test.
3.
(rare) to be disingenuous, to play a double game
Она́ схитри́ла и не сказа́ла всей пра́вды.
She was disingenuous and did not tell the whole truth.
Of insincere behaviour towards someone.

Examples

Она схитрила и обманула продавца.
She resorted to trickery and deceived the shopkeeper.
Он схитрил, чтобы выиграть в игре.
He used a trick to win the game.
Дети схитрили, чтобы не делать уроки.
The children used a trick to avoid doing their homework.

Imperative
ты	схитри́
вы	схитри́те

Active present	-
Active past	схитри́вший	cunning, tricky, having outsmarted, having played a trick
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	схитри́в схитривши	while doing (past)