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单词 shortchanges
释义

shortchange

verb

short·​change ˈshȯrt-ˈchānj How to pronounce shortchange (audio)
shortchanged; shortchanging; shortchanges

transitive verb

1
: to give less than the correct amount of change to
2
: to deprive of or give less than something due : cheat
was shortchanged out of a promotion
shortchanger noun

Synonyms

  • beat
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • con
  • cozen
  • defraud
  • diddle
  • do
  • do in
  • euchre
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • gaff
  • hose [slang]
  • hustle
  • mulct
  • nobble [British slang]
  • pluck
  • ream
  • rip off
  • rook
  • screw
  • shake down
  • short
  • skin
  • skunk
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • thimblerig
  • victimize
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Example Sentences

The cashier shortchanged me. I gave her 10 dollars to pay for an $8.95 book, and she only gave me a dollar back. The band shortchanged its fans by playing for only 30 minutes.
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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

shortchanges

verb

present tense third-person singular of shortchange
as in squeezes
to rob by the use of trickery or threats was shortchanged out of a promotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • squeezes
  • cheats
  • plucks
  • hustles
  • does
  • stings
  • beats
  • victimizes
  • sticks
  • defrauds
  • deceives
  • screws
  • bleeds
  • betrays
  • bilks
  • swindles
  • rips off
  • suckers
  • tricks
  • cozens
  • exploits
  • flimflams
  • mulcts
  • cons
  • stiffs
  • fiddles
  • reams
  • shorts
  • diddles
  • extorts
  • fleeces
  • shakes down
  • chisels
  • euchres
  • fools
  • chouses
  • takes to the cleaners
  • gaffs
  • rooks
  • skins
  • does in
  • nobbles
  • sells a bill of goods to
  • overcharges
  • thimblerigs
  • wrings
  • hoses
  • skunks
  • wrenches
  • takes for a ride
  • gouges
  • soaks
  • wrests
  • milks
  • clips
  • nicks
  • dupes
  • bitches
  • bamboozles
  • gulls
  • fast-talks
  • double-crosses
  • ropes (in)
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