expression for cheating customers with an inaccurate scale?

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Jul 29, 2017 at 17:05	comment	added	user239460		thanks. How about 'short weighed' and 'rigged'?
Jul 7, 2017 at 23:41	comment	added	kayleeFrye_onDeck		Thank you! Apologies but I do not use Quora or Yahoo Answers, only Stack Exchange.
Jul 7, 2017 at 22:50	comment	added	user239460		i understand that, in some occasion citation seems impossible, but SE seems favoring answer like that regardless if whatever is about the answer; thanks for your answer! it's just the last part if his answer that confused me.
Jul 7, 2017 at 22:47	history	edited	kayleeFrye_onDeck	CC BY-SA 3.0	Changed order greatest to least likely and added vouched-for
Jul 7, 2017 at 22:27	comment	added	kayleeFrye_onDeck		Well, you can't always cite sources especially for really old and really recent uses as well as region-specific uses, so I would say that it's encouraged as a matter of record to prove your answer is right. I've looked up some antiquated and obscure terms and phrases that I've pretty much only seen inside of phrase/slang collections and dictionaries regardless of past popularity who don't cite their sources all the time. Furthermore, remember that this is an English language and usage Q&A, not a more rigid English rules Q&A. I also answered your question about Yorik's answer.
Jul 7, 2017 at 22:17	comment	added	user239460		that's good, citation and reference seems is required if It's supposed to be an good answer on SE. btw, do you have any idea what's the last part of @Yorik's answer is about? (For attestations "in the wild" see for example "shorted my order".) thank you!
Jul 7, 2017 at 18:26	comment	added	kayleeFrye_onDeck		@user239460 I'm a native English speaker from America, so I generally only cite sources when it's a matter of contention, or obscure. But I've updated my answer for you.
Jul 7, 2017 at 18:25	history	edited	kayleeFrye_onDeck	CC BY-SA 3.0	Added sources
Jul 7, 2017 at 17:01	comment	added	user239460		@kayleeFrye_onDeck i suggest you add some reference and citation to your answer, i just saw the attention sign by the SE that without these your answer might be removed, just to let you know.
Jul 6, 2017 at 18:06	comment	added	kayleeFrye_onDeck		Some_Guy, good to know! Swindle is a word I don't think I've heard from the mouth of an American under 40 in who knows how long xD It's not rare but it lost a lot of momentum for its use. Rip-off would also be another way to technically describe it, but that usually has the connotation that you are getting what you pay for, just getting a bad deal out of it.
Jul 6, 2017 at 18:04	history	edited	kayleeFrye_onDeck	CC BY-SA 3.0	emphasis on American
Jul 6, 2017 at 16:12	comment	added	user239460		btw, Is 'rip off' a good phrase to describe that behavior?
Jul 6, 2017 at 9:14	comment	added	Some_Guy		@kayleeFrye_onDeck Also, in my dialect "swindle" doesn't sound particularly formal, it's a pretty vernacular term. But that's British English, I can't speak for how it sounds to an American.
Jul 6, 2017 at 9:12	comment	added	Some_Guy		@kayleeFrye_onDeck I'd opine that "fudge the numbers" would apply only to situations where the deception involved playing fast and loose with arithmetic i.e."cooking the books" and wouldn't be appropriate for a physical deception like in the case of the scale.
Jul 6, 2017 at 0:08	comment	added	kayleeFrye_onDeck		It would depend on who you're speaking with. Formal spoken English would use swindled. The other four are not formal but are well-known. Taking someone for a ride usually infers that it is an extended deception instead of a singular event. Pull a fast one or fudge the numbers would probably work best, in-general. Fudge the numbers has the benefit of being proper English and used as slang.
Jul 5, 2017 at 23:41	comment	added	user239460		thanks. plenty of choice here, which one is most common used in daily life?
Jul 5, 2017 at 20:59	history	edited	kayleeFrye_onDeck	CC BY-SA 3.0	Added swindled
Jul 5, 2017 at 20:51	history	answered	kayleeFrye_onDeck	CC BY-SA 3.0

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