as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
was shortchanged out of a promotion
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Recent Examples of shortchange
Badly shortchanged by its pandemic release, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel is still one of the director’s most underrated efforts.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
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
At the postgame news conference, Dillingham did not shortchange Tyson’s absence.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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The Hoosiers are probably cheating.—
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Contessa’s Corner Sports leagues, state gambling regulators and tribal leaders have all raised concerns that prediction market trades on sports don’t have the same level of guardrails as sportsbooks to protect against cheating by athletes, referees, coaches and other insiders.—
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
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Instead, 2026 is about building both stylish and sensible outfits that can take you from the airport to the streets with maximum versatility without ever squeezing into tight, form-fitting fabric.—
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Mike Tomlin was an unknown when the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him from obscurity in 2007 and handed the young and charismatic Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator one of the most stable jobs in sports.—
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But Haise did lead Lens to the Champions League for the first time in 20 years, finished one point behind PSG in 2023, and did, to pluck a one-off game out of the ether, oversee a 2-1 win over Arteta’s Arsenal.—
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The director points to a mid-film scene in a bowling alley, where Marty and his friend Wally (Tyler Okonma, aka Tyler, the Creator) hustle a small-town crew, as an example of its importance.—
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Wing/forward Cam Whitmore did not hustle back on defense and continued to play with tunnel vision on offense.—
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The last of them, in particular, away to his previous club Atalanta three days earlier, stung Gasperini.—
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January 20 – February 18 When pride stings, compassion clears the air.—
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Two teenage girls are charged with kidnapping a teenage boy after allegedly luring him into a basement and beating him for three hours in early November.—
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Josh Doan scored, Colten Ellis made 30 saves in his first game in a month and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday night to give them 12 victories in their past 13 games.—
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Once that’s done and completely turned off, use a small brush to clean around the disposal and inside it.—
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr spent most of Thursday’s pregame press conference doing his best to downplay multiple reports that Jonathan Kuminga requested a trade away from Golden State.—
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Got screwed when the referee missed an obvious blow to the head that gave the Pats a field goal.—
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Cameramen everywhere are getting screwed by Hudson Williams’s favorite pose, the double-bird.—
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“Shortchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortchange. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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