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How to sign: an idle worthless person
Similiar / Same: goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught
Categories: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer
How to sign: avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties";
Similiar / Same: fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Categories: avoid
Within this category: malinger, scrimshank, slack
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con, victimize
Categories: cheat, chisel, rip off
Within this category: short-change
