(TREAT UNFAIRLY) [verb] [T] [US and ANZ] [informal] - to cheat or trick; to treat unfairly or cruellyShe was shafted over the film rights to her book.We were shafted (out of thousands of dollars) on that deal.
SHAFT
Meaning of SHAFT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012