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goldbrick

Nouns

• (n) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
• (n) an idle worthless person good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account,
• (n) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
• (n) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Verbs

• (v) deprive of by deceit
  • He swindled me out of my inheritance
  • She defrauded the customers who trusted her
  • the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
  bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize,
• (v) avoid (one's assigned duties)
  • The derelict soldier shirked his duties
  fiddle, shirk, shrink from,

Synonyms

bunco con defraud diddle gip gyp hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam swindle short-change victimize fiddle shirk shrink from good-for-naught good-for-nothing goof-off ne'er-do-well no-account

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