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Short-change   /ʃɔrt-tʃeɪndʒ/   Listen
Short-change

verb
1.
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money.  Synonym: short.
2.
Deprive of by deceit.  Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize.  "She defrauded the customers who trusted her" , "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"






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Words linked to "Short-change" :   cheat, rook, rip off, chisel



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