shafted

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of shaft

comparative more shafted · superlative most shafted

1. Fitted with a shaft.
2. axe; etc; axe; etcgovernmentHaving a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.

   Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.

   1907, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, page 169

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   […] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.

   1852, Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, page 1287

3. slangCheated; screwed (screwed over); ripped off.