Cheaters Never Win

Do cheaters ever win? It matters what you consider cheater is, personally for me some cheating is just playing the game but playing in the loop holes. If I saw a friend cheat I would most likely tell that person that they're dumb for cheating at school. But if a person is working on homework and they "share" answers for that homework and talk about it, I don't think believe that's cheating, I think its working together.