It doesn't matter how strong a word it is, if a football player standing on the goal line handles the ball deliberately to stop a goal then that is cheating, like it or not. Pulling a player by the jersey when he is clean through on goal and dragging him back is cheating.
Like it or not, cheating is cheating, using foul play to gain an advantage is cheating.
You can dress it up however you feel like, facts are facts.
Totally agree and my examples mirror your own views. A keeper hauling through a striker in on goal. Deliberate act taken in the knowledge it will stop a goal and if done far enough from goal minimises the chance of a goal from the resultant free kick. Out and out cheating