Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. treated unfairly, in serious trouble; usu. as get shafted.

1951		M. Spillane One Lonely Night 109: The only one who can get shafted is me.
1968		K. Brasselle Cannibals 255: The word is you got shafted.
1971		B. Malamud Tenants (1972) 16: The innocent landlord gets shafted.
1985		‘Thommo’ Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 112: SHAFTED — tricked or cheated.
1989		J. Doyle College Sl. Dict. 🌐 get shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam.
1996		A. Close Official and Doubtful 348: You want to hit back, but you don’t want to do without him, so you’re shafted.
2005		J. Stahl I, Fatty 160: He got shafted by Mack.

2. rejected when seeking a date.

1967–8

Baker et al. CUSS 192: Shafted Turned down when asking for a date.

3. suffering a broken relationship.

1973

Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 3: shafted – to be jilted in a romance.