English - English (Wordnet) dictionary
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Noun
- anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
- a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
- a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Verb
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
- 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