got the shaft

• screwedSecured with threads
• burnedDamaged by fire
• cheatedActed dishonestly to win
• wrongedTreated with injustice
• betrayedViolated someone's trust

ripped off · swindled · stiffed · backstabbed · shafted · raw deal · hosed · gypped · conned · shortchanged · duped · played · taken · jilted · snubbed · overlooked · passed over · thrown under the bus