gold brick

(noun) a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort. Synonyms: goldbrick.

(noun) an idle worthless person. Synonyms: goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught.

(noun) a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not. Synonyms: goldbrick.

(noun) anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. Synonyms: goldbrick.

(verb) deprive of by deceit. Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con. Examples: "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."

(verb) avoid (one's assigned duties). Synonyms: fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick. Example: "The derelict soldier shirked his duties."