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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
ne'er-do-well
,
good-for-nothing
,
no-account
,
good-for-naught
(an idle worthless person)
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)
domain usage
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
fraud
,
fraudulence
,
dupery
,
hoax
,
humbug
,
put-on
(something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
S:
(n)
trickery
,
chicanery
,
chicane
,
guile
,
wile
,
shenanigan
(the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))
S:
(n)
deception
,
deceit
,
dissembling
,
dissimulation
(the act of deceiving)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
falsification
,
misrepresentation
(a willful perversion of facts)
S:
(n)
wrongdoing
,
wrongful conduct
,
misconduct
,
actus reus
(activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
"he denied any wrongdoing"
S:
(n)
activity
(any specific behavior)
"they avoided all recreational activity"
S:
(n)
act
,
deed
,
human action
,
human activity
(something that people do or cause to happen)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
deceive
[Related to:
deception
] (be false to; be dishonest with)
W:
(v)
deceive
[Related to:
deception
] (cause someone to believe an untruth)
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
W:
(v)
dissimulate
[Related to:
dissimulation
] (hide (feelings) from other people)
Verb
S:
(v)
victimize
,
swindle
,
rook
,
goldbrick
,
nobble
,
diddle
,
bunco
,
defraud
,
scam
,
mulct
,
hornswoggle
,
short-change
,
con
(deprive of by deceit)
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fiddle
,
shirk
,
shrink from
,
goldbrick
(avoid (one's assigned duties))
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"