short-sheet

verb

short-sheeted; short-sheeting; short-sheets

US

1

: to arrange usually as a playful trick the top sheet on a bed in a way that leaves no space for the feet of a person getting into the bed

Somebody short-sheeted my bed at summer camp.

2

: to give (someone) less than what is expected or deserved

Our school district was short-sheeted by the state government.