put through, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

put through v.

(Aus./US) to cheat someone.

1867		Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 21 Sept. n.p.: Not a day passes that we do not see an account of some country merchant being ‘put through’ in ‘Romeville’.
1907		C.W. Chandler Darkest Adelaide 87/1: [W]hen Dick, Ton, and Harry get Hayseed and work him up for a bit of a game, and put him through for a couple of quid, they are rogues and vagabonds, swindlers and conspirators, and go inside accordingly.
1967		‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxviii 10/3: put through: To cheat someone.