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shortchange
[shawrt-cheynj]
verb (used with object)
to give less than the correct change to.
to deal with unfairly or dishonestly, especially to cheat.
Other Word Forms
- shortchanger noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of shortchange1
Example Sentences
He later reached two settlements with former Dole shareholders who claimed he had shortchanged them in that deal.
Along the way, he never shortchanged himself or teammates.
But that would shortchange “Severance,” which takes another run at a corporate world run amok, detailing it in ways that are far more unsettling than anything in the latest season of “Squid Game.”
“If prosecutors limited themselves to following laws instead of leading on justice, it would shortchange both public safety and the fairness we seek in our criminal justice system,” he said.
In a society whose public educational system is underfunded and whose rural communities are often shortchanged in resource allocations, they are essential.
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