Thesaurus results for SHORTCHANGING

shortchanging

verb

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present participle of shortchange

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats was shortchanged out of a promotion

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Recent Examples of shortchanging Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office has fined two swanky Beacon Hill restaurants more than $420,000 for shortchanging waiters of a 3% service fee the Boston establishments were charging customers. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026 The county had long been credited by some for its fiscal acumen, while at the same time criticized by others for shortchanging residents on important services. —

Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026 Some rounded prices down to avoid shortchanging shoppers. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 Greenblatt’s myth of a Romantic Marlowe almost singlehandedly pushing England into the Renaissance betrays the principles of New Historicism by shortchanging the roles of so many other key players. —

Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 Perhaps in an effort to keep a veteran like Myers fresh for when the games count, while also giving Mancini an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to contribute on the penalty kill, the club had Myers shortchanging after defensive-zone draws. —

Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The move once again has Trump at odds with Congress’s China hawks, who argue the administration is shortchanging America’s national security interests to make a buck. —

Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 13 Aug. 2025 The investigation reveals how Kanai skirted the state’s charitable gaming laws for years while shortchanging the hockey families whose interests he was supposed to serve. —

Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2021

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Billionaire Ronald Burkle is suing political power-broker Darius Anderson, accusing his former protégé and friend of cheating him out of millions of dollars.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
An Arsenal throw-in on their right-hand side, in the 14th minute, prompts chants of ‘Same old Arsenal, always cheating’ as the clock ticks away.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026