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short-change

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short-change
Verb
[-changing, -changed]
1. to give (someone) less than the correct change
2. Slang to treat (someone), unfairly, esp. by giving less than is expected
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Verb1.short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
2.short-changeshort-change - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
Translations
Spanish short-change [ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ] vt to short-change sb → no dar el cambio completo a algn
French short-change [ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ] vt to short-change sb → ne pas rendre assez à qn
German short-change [ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ] short vt to short-change sb → jdm zu wenig Wechselgeld geben
Italian short-change [ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ] vt to short-change sb → imbrogliare qn sul resto

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