shafted
past simple and past participle ofshaft
shaft
verb[T]
informaluk/ʃɑːft/us/ʃæft/tocheatortricksomeone, or totreatsomeoneunfairly:
She was shafted by heragentover thefilmrightsto herbook.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- bluff
- fiddle
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- honeyfuggle
- hustle
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- put one over onsomeoneidiom
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- putsomethingon
- racket
- snooker
Examplesofshafted
shafted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
To put it very bluntly, they wereshafted.
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Rugby league and a number of other sports have beenshaftedas a direct consequence of the problems at soccer grounds.
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When shafting, a question will always be answered by the last player to beshafted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theshaftedplayer can then pass the question on again or choose to answer the question.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Plainshafteddrills are nt well documented and were projectile points that were reworked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The room has window seats, wall closets, and ashaftedfireplace.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rotary sifters - three separation horizontallyshaftedwith nylon screens - lower capacity but very fine screening - used in small capacity plate mill systems.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consists of nave, chancel with polygonal apse (which isshafted), south porch and open timber west bellecote.
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- proofreader
- proofreading
- prop
- propaganda
- propaganda campaign
- propaganda effort
- propaganda effort
- private adoption
- private ambulance
- private arbitration
- private archive
- private army
- private automobile
- private balcony
- private bank
- private-bank
- private banking
- private-banking
- private bath
- private beach
- private branch exchange
- private-branch-exchange
- private brand
- private-brand
- private business