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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
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)
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";
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
victimization
[Related to:
victimize
] (an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly))
"capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"
derivationally related form
Overview
synset
W:
(n)
swindler
[Related to:
swindle
] (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
W:
(n)
swindle
[Related to:
swindle
] (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)
"that book is a fraud"
W:
(n)
bunco
[Related to:
bunco
] (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
W:
(n)
defrauder
[Related to:
defraud
] (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
W:
(n)
scammer
[Related to:
scam
] (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
W:
(n)
scam
[Related to:
scam
] (a fraudulent business scheme)
W:
(n)
con
[Related to:
con
] (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fiddle
,
shirk
,
shrink from
,
goldbrick
(avoid (one's assigned duties))
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"