1. In a difficult or hopeless situation
   "After losing his job and car in the same week, he felt completely shafted";
   - screwed [informal]

1. [informal] Defeat someone through trickery or deceit
   "The con artist shafted the unsuspecting victim out of their savings";
   - cheat, chouse [archaic], screw [informal], chicane, jockey
    
2. Equip with a shaft
   "The golf club was shafted with a new graphite rod"
    
3. [vulgar] (of a man) have sexual intercourse with
   "he boasted he was going to shaft his first date";

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

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