definition of
short-change

[1] #1 short-change v. [short] cheat someone by not returning him enough money. wn

[2] #2 short-change v. [victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, con] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change". wn