screwed
adjective
[ skruːd ]
• (of a bolt or other device) having a helical ridge or thread running around the outside.
• "any tappings that aren't being used on the cylinder can be fitted with screwed blanks"
• in a difficult or hopeless situation; ruined or broken.
• drunk.
screw
verb
• fasten or tighten with a screw or screws.
• "screw the hinge to your new door"
• cheat or swindle (someone), especially by charging them too much for something.
• "the loss of advertising contracts will amount to more than the few quid that they're trying to screw us for"
Similar:
cheat,
swindle,
defraud,
fleece,
overcharge,
short-change,
rip off,
bilk,
diddle,
do,
sting,
soak,
rob,
clip,
skin,
stiff,
gouge,
gazump,
rush,
cozen,
mulct,
• have sex with.
• impart spin or curl to (a ball or shot).
• "Collins had a late chance to equalize but screwed his shot wide"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut’, from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow’, later ‘screw’. The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features), twist around’ (late 16th century).
