| goldbrick | (n) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort |
| goldbrick | (n) an idle worthless person, Syn. good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, goof-off, no-account |
| goldbrick | (n) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not |
| goldbrick | (n) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless |
| fiddle | (v) avoid (one's assigned duties), Syn. shrink from, shirk, goldbrick, Example: The derelict soldier shirked his duties |
| shirking | (n) the evasion of work or duty, Syn. slacking, goofing off, goldbricking, soldiering |
| victimize | (v) deprive of by deceit, Syn. rook, gip, short-change, diddle, bunco, nobble, scam, gyp, swindle, con, mulct, goldbrick, defraud, hornswoggle, Example: 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 |