Cheating refers to the overt or covert breaking of rules to gain advantage in a competitive situation. The rules infringed may be explicit, or they may be from an unwritten code of conduct based on morality, ethics or custom, making the identification of cheating a subjective process.
I think cheating is a crime because it is a beginning of other crime. In other word, mother of the crime. There are so many reasons why people cheat. First, it has been their habits, they are not think about the bad effect of doing this ‘crime’. Second, it is easy way to protect their mistakes or loved ones mistakes. Third, easy way to get something such as dreams and self-satisfaction in a short period of time.
As a student, cheating has come a part of our habits. Sometimes, we ‘copy paste’ others work to finish our assignment, because doing a last minute work. Sometimes, we hangout with colleagues without telling our parents. Cheating in examinations should be taken as a serious offense for example expel from the university because student will not repeat their bad habits in a future, students will know that cheating is a big crime.