Local English word record

short-change

verb · 2 senses

deprive of by deceit

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Examples

  • He swindled me out of my inheritance
  • She defrauded the customers who trusted her
  • the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Word relationships

Synonyms

victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip

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Princeton WordNet 3.0