Synonyms of shortchange

shortchange

verb

ˈshȯrt-ˈchānj 

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

was shortchanged out of a promotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• squeeze
• pluck
• hustle
• sting
• beat
• do
• screw
• stick
• deceive
• defraud
• victimize
• bleed
• bilk
• swindle
• trick
• sucker
• exploit
• flimflam
• mulct
• shake down
• betray
• diddle
• short
• rip off
• cozen
• fool
• chisel
• stiff
• chouse
• fiddle
• con
• ream
• fleece
• nobble
• extort
• skin
• take for a ride
• gaff
• euchre
• take to the cleaners
• gouge
• overcharge
• rook
• do in
• hose
• thimblerig
• wring
• sell a bill of goods to
• skunk
• wrench
• soak
• wrest
• dupe
• clip
• milk
• nick
• bamboozle
• rope (in)
• bitch
• double-cross
• gull
• fast-talk

Examples of shortchange in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Democrats are lining up to run against him, don’t shortchange the reelection prospects of Mayor Adams. —Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024

Such tracking could help identify homes that are shortchanging their employees and residents. —Melissa Batchelor and Diana J. Mason, STAT, 26 July 2024

Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. —Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024

Yet the administration has shown comparatively little urgency on the military front: its first Pentagon budget request is flat (in real terms) and shortchanges near-term measures to harden the United States’ posture in the Pacific. —Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2021