noun
- The evasion of work or duty.
- synonyms: shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off
verb
- Deprive of by deceit.
- usage: "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"
- Avoid (one's assigned duties. )
- usage: "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
- synonyms: fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
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