short-change

Verb

Meaning

deprive of by deceit

cheat someone by not returning him enough money

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Alternative names

short change

Synonyms

rook swindle diddle short con defraud victimize bunco scam mulct goldbrick nobble fleece cheat victimized

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Antonyms

award present cover offer build appropriate

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Hypernyms

rook swindle diddle chisel cheat con

Hyponyms

short

Examples

He swindled me out of my inheritance Source: Internet

She defrauded the customers who trusted her Source: Internet

The Vice Chairman of ASUU, FUOYE, Dr. Habibat Adubiaro, said the adoption of IPPIS would short-change many members and do a lot of disservice to the university education. Source: Internet

Every kind of dishonest and absurd rule had been put into the Agreement on Agriculture to short-change gullible developing countries. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

short-bodied short-breathed short-chain short-change someone short-coat short-dated