Nouns

(n)goldbricka soldier who performs their duties without proper care or effort
(n)goldbricka brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
(n)goldbrickanything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

Verbs

(v)victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, condeprive of by deceit“He swindled me out of my inheritance”, “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”
(v)fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrickavoid (one's assigned duties)“The derelict soldier shirked his duties”