1. having a shaft or shafts
2. treated unfairly or cheated
Usage: slang

1. past tense and past participle of shaft

Examples

• The arrow was shafted with a sturdy wooden pole.
• The miners were shafted down into the deep tunnels.
• The spear was well-shafted and balanced.
• He felt shafted by the unfair contract terms.
• The employees were shafted when the company cut their benefits.
• She realized she’d been shafted in the business deal.