short-change (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *short-change*:
VERB	social	short-change, short	cheat someone by not returning him enough money
social	short-change, victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, con	deprive of by deceit

English > *short-change*: 2 senses > verb 1, social
Meaning	cheat someone by not returning him enough money.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonym	short
Broader	victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con	deprive of by deceit
Spanish	sisar

English > *short-change*: 2 senses > verb 2, social
Meaning	deprive of by deceit.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, con
Narrower	short-change, short	cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Broader	cheat, rip off, chisel	deprive somebody of something by deceit
Spanish	dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar
Catalan	defraudar, entabanar, estafar

HyperDic: short-change