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(noun) good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
an idle worthless person
(verb) fiddle, shirk, shrink from
avoid (one's assigned duties)
The derelict soldier shirked his duties
(verb) hornswoggle, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
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