shafted

1. 1
   adjectiveslangIrelandUK

   Tricked or treated in an unfair way by someone.

   I got shafted on that old car, and it broke down a week later.

   The workers felt shafted when their pay stayed the same but the bosses got more.

   Similarcheated, fleeced, screwed

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of shaft. It often means treated someone unfairly.

   The company shafted its workers by cutting their pay without warning.

   The old hammers were shafted with new wooden handles.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Having a shaft, which is a long thin part like a pole or handle.

   The old church has tall shafted pillars on both sides.

   My dad still plays with steel-shafted golf clubs.

4. 4
   adjective

   On a coat of arms, having a handle of a certain color, often not the same as the point or blade.

   On the family's shield, the spear is silver at the tip but shafted in red.

   The painter made sure the ax was shafted black, just like in the old drawing.

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