Synonyms of shorting

shorting

verb

present participle of short

as in squeezing

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezing
• cheating
• plucking
• sticking
• hustling
• screwing
• stinging
• beating
• doing
• bleeding
• tricking
• defrauding
• shortchanging
• conning
• victimizing
• fleecing
• suckering
• stiffing
• rooking
• swindling
• exploiting
• deceiving
• bilking
• diddling
• reaming
• hosing
• mulcting
• fiddling
• shaking down
• cozening
• gaffing
• ripping off
• fooling
• skinning
• chiseling
• nobbling
• doing in
• clipping
• betraying
• chousing
• flimflamming
• overcharging
• taking for a ride
• gouging
• skunking
• thimblerigging
• extorting
• euchring
• wrenching
• taking to the cleaners
• nicking
• selling a bill of goods to
• soaking
• duping
• milking
• wringing
• gulling
• wresting
• bitching
• roping (in)
• bamboozling
• double-crossing
• fast-talking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shorting

While great news for Doximity, the huge upswing the in the stock on Friday morning is bad for anybody who is shorting it. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Acting on such vague forecasts, like shorting Bitcoin, carries immense risk due to its volatility. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

In the nineties, George Soros became famous for shorting the British pound. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

On second thought, shorting security stocks might be a bad idea. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026

Use clam shell-type products to keep water from getting into the connection point and shorting out the lights. — Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025

In the past, active investment managers could negate overvalued stocks by selling or shorting them. — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025

Social media users also raised concerns about anonymous accounts holding crypto wallets that may have benefited from shorting the crypto market — and whether insider trading could have been involved. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025