[noun] a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
[noun] anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
[verb] 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" Synonyms:victimize, swindle, rook, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
[verb] avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" Synonyms:fiddle, shirk, shrink from