gold brick
71goldbrick — gold‧brick [ˈgəʊldbrɪk ǁ ˈgoʊld ] verb [intransitive] informal HUMAN RESOURCES to do no work when you are at your place of work or to stay away from your place of work when you should be there: • Working from home, once considered an opportunity… …
72goldbricking — goldbrick gold‧brick [ˈgəʊldbrɪk ǁ ˈgoʊld ] verb [intransitive] informal HUMAN RESOURCES to do no work when you are at your place of work or to stay away from your place of work when you should be there: • Working from home, once considered an… …
73deceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mislead, delude, swindle, trick, cheat, outwit, fool, rob, defraud, practice deceit, not play fair, victimize, hoax, betray, beguile, take advantage of, impose upon, entrap, ensnare, hoodwink, play one false, gull, cozen,… …
74goldbrick — also gold.brick.er noun (C) AmE informal someone who stays away from their work, especially with the false excuse that they are ill goldbrick verb (I) …
75avoid — v evade, elude, dodge, shun; escape, avert, parry; eschew, abstain, refrain, forbear; Inf. give the go by, stay away from, keep one s distance, steer clear of, go wide of, keep clear of; skirt, beat around the bush, hem and haw; shirk, funk,… …
76relax — v 1. loose, slacken, untighten, relieve tension, Obs. slake; relinquish one s grip or hold, let go of, release, free, liberate. 2. lessen, diminish, lower, decrease, decline; abate, bate, subside, recede, ebb, lull, quell, slake; flag, wane, fade …
77cheat — 1. verb Syn: swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double cross, gull; informal diddle, rip off, con, pull a fast one on; N.Amer.; informal sucker, goldbrick; Austral.; informal rort 2. noun Syn …
78con — [n] trick bluff, cheat, crime, deception, double cross, dupe, fraud, gold brick*, graft, mockery, swindle, take in; concept 59 Ant. honesty, truthfulness con [v] deceive, defraud bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, chicane, coax, double cross, dupe …
79fake — [adj] false, imitation affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, concocted, counterfeit, fabricated, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, invented, make believe, mock, phony, pretended, pseudo*, reproduction, sham, simulated, spurious; concepts 401,582… …
80India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
