gyp
verb (used with or without object)
to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
gypped
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past participleof gyp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gyp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gypverb (used with or without object)to defraud or rob by some sharp practice; swindle; cheat.
Example Sentences
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“But most women feel gypped by life if they don’t get a chance at it.”
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
Politics is the province of the unhappy and querulous; perhaps all the more so because, having paid, people feel particularly gypped.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
When the Senator asked Mr. Young if widows, orphans and other investors "don't get gypped by these big holding companies," the Manhattan broker replied: "That's right."
From Time Magazine Archive
Many a smart art dealer has been sued by a customer who thinks he has been gypped.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the Atlantic that broke the market to sixty-five cents, filled their storage tanks and contracted a million barrels more than they had tankage for, then gypped the price to three dollars.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
