Skip to definition.  Verb: short-change  'short'cheynj   1.
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money     - short   2.
Deprive of by deceit     "He short-changed me out of my
inheritance";     - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N.
Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam,
mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], con, victimise [Brit],
ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer], bunko  Derived forms: short-
changes, short-changing, short-changed  Type of: cheat, chisel,
rip off