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

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Recent Examples of shorted 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 Before redrawing the districts in April 2026, the governor more than once had said that the state was shorted a congressional representative because there was more population growth in some areas than others. — Matt Brooks, Fortune, 15 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 Crowley alleged that her department had been shorted money needed to improve fire responses. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorted
  1. cheated
  2. plucked
  3. squeezed
  4. hustled
  5. stung
  6. screwed
  7. stuck
Verb
  • However, the models essentially cheated by attempting to access the open internet, thereby bypassing the isolated test environment.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026
  • In 2014, Russia was proven to have cheated in the Sochi Olympic Games.
    — Katie Uhlaender OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of cheated
Verb
  • The spa The on-site spa could never be a flashy, luxury spa plucked from any random resort.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Echoing his sentiment, Hinata’s hiking trails are full of nature scenes practically plucked from a storybook.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of plucked
Verb
  • Denmark is being squeezed from both sides of the NATO alliance.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Space food is changing Early astronauts squeezed puréed food from tubes.
    — Sundeep Venkatesan, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • The over-all technical director, Oscar Lopez, whose day job entails managing events at Resorts World, hustled crews carefully among setups and sites.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • During a break Saturday, Freeling hustled home and caught two episodes before returning to the hotel where the rookies and younger players stay during camp ahead of curfew.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of hustled
Verb
  • The pair were stung more than 150 times each and airlifted to the hospital.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The lionfish's poisonous spikes can badly hurt anyone who’s stung.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of stung
Verb
  • Because we've been screwed by tariffs used against us for years.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The strength would be identical even though the four 2x6s are not glued or screwed together.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of screwed
Verb
  • These new provisions have been met with skepticism from human rights groups, including fears that deportation centers hosted abroad could morph into long-term holding facilities overflowing with asylum seekers stuck in legal limbo.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Bad cops are not being fired, and good cops who may be wrongfully accused are stuck in professional purgatory.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck

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