a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

an idle worthless person

[ Syn: goof-off , neer-do-well , good-for-nothing , no-account , good-for-naught ]

a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

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

[ Syn: victimize , swindle , rook , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]

avoid (ones assigned duties); The derelict soldier shirked his duties

[ Syn: fiddle , shirk , shrink from ]