SHORT-CHANGE Synonyms

• an argument opposed to a proposal

• a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

• deprive of by deceit

• commit to memory; learn by heart

• deprive of by deceit

• a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

• an idle worthless person

• a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

• anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

• deprive of by deceit

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• deprive of by deceit

• money extracted as a penalty

• deprive of by deceit

• impose a fine on

• deprive of by deceit

• make off with belongings of others

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• disable by drugging

• (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

• common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

• deprive of by deceit

• a fraudulent business scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• make a victim of

• punish unjustly

• deprive of by deceit