Take in and cheat at, getting found out in the end (7)
I believe the answer is:
contain
'take in' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cheat at getting found out in the end' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'con' (conning is a kind of cheating).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'getting found out' becomes 'tai' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the end' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'in' is 'n'.
'con'+'tai'+'n'='CONTAIN'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contain that I've seen before include "Hold within, suppress (7)" , "Carry" , "Accommodate" , "Include - restrict" , "Enclose" .)