Synonyms of shorted

shorted

verb

past tense of short

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheated
• plucked
• squeezed
• hustled
• stung
• screwed
• stuck
• beat
• did
• bled
• deceived
• stiffed
• shortchanged
• tricked
• defrauded
• fleeced
• swindled
• suckered
• victimized
• fiddled
• conned
• reamed
• bilked
• hosed
• rooked
• diddled
• mulcted
• exploited
• cozened
• skinned
• flimflammed
• fooled
• ripped off
• skunked
• gaffed
• nobbled
• chiseled
• betrayed
• euchred
• shook down
• clipped
• choused
• wrenched
• did in
• nicked
• overcharged
• extorted
• took to the cleaners
• thimblerigged
• gouged
• took for a ride
• soaked
• sold a bill of goods to
• wrung
• milked
• duped
• wrested
• gulled
• bitched
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• bamboozled
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shorted

Telegraph lines – still very new at the time – shorted out, and that night, bright auroras lit up the sky. — Mary Magnuson, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

That meant that many investors who had shorted bitcoin, or bet that its price would remain subdued, were forced to close their positions as bitcoin surged. — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

The increase was driven entirely by new short selling — about $98 billion of additional shares shorted, said Sam Pierson, S3’s director of research. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

According to estimates from financial software company S3 Partners, around 206 million shares are being shorted, just under a third of all publicly tradable shares. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 July 2026

Citadel ended up making a grave-dancer investment in Melvin Capital, a hedge fund that had shorted GameStop, to capitalize on Melvin’s distress. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

The first, in which a dangling panel from an Acela train shorted third-rail power into the signaling system, shut down rail travel into and out of Penn for more than a day. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

Still, the trades raised some eyebrows because whoever purchased a large amount of stock futures and sold or shorted crude futures at that moment made a lot of money just minutes later. — Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026

Online and in congressional hearings, Tenev was accused of aiding hedge funds that had shorted GameStop, at amateur traders’ expense. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026