Etymology · Late Latin
*excadēre
2 English words descend from Late Latin *excadēre, most common first.
- cheatTo violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- escheatThe return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or closed business to the government (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants. It is known as bona vacantia in the United Kingdom.