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shortchanged

VERB

cheat

Synonyms

WEAK

bamboozle bilk deceive defraud double-deal dupe finagle fleece flimflam hose mislead rip off rook sandbag scam screw shaft stiff swindle take trick

VERB

cheat someone of fair share

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fleece

STRONG

sting

WEAK

rip off shortchange shortweight skim off the top

Example Sentences

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If it’s bona-fide Arthur Conan Doyle, I am being decidedly shortchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

In these kinds of situations where family and finance are mixed up, somebody always ends up feeling shortchanged, and no one will ever admit to being wrong.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

Fans were also left feeling shortchanged after the 38-year-old's set featured just three special guests - Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

He later reached two settlements with former Dole shareholders who claimed he had shortchanged them in that deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich