A scrimshank can be a specialized tool/object to use for any situation given you require a tool/object. Why use your hands when you can call for a scrimshank?
To be ripped off, short changed, cheated or screwed out of anything worth value.
I bought a trailer for half the listed price "I scrimshawed him when I bought that trailer.
I had all of my overtime taken away... I've been scrimshawed.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.