Synonyms of shortchanging

shortchanging

verb

present participle of shortchange

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

was shortchanged out of a promotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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