🧱 A fake gold bar 😴 A lazy person 😴 To avoid work 🕵️ To cheat 💸 A worthless thing

to goldbrick

1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

verb
/ˈɡoʊldˌbrɪk/

Archaic

: estafar

She warned them not to goldbrick others if they wanted to keep their reputation.

Examples

He tried to goldbrick his friend out of their concert tickets.
The company was accused of attempting to goldbrick customers with fake investment schemes.
Don't goldbrick me out of my savings!
Why did you goldbrick that deal?
He tried to goldbrick his way out of paying for the repairs by claiming he never agreed to the price.
Many students attempt to goldbrick during group projects by letting others do all the work.
She felt frustrated when her coworker would goldbrick during meetings to avoid taking on more tasks.

Synonyms

to con

vsto goldbrick

Informal

61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

is the informal term for the same deceptive money-taking action

to defraud

vsto goldbrick

Formal

40 6.9

To illegally get money or things from someone by lying

is a less legal, more casual way to describe the same deceit

to scam

vsto goldbrick

NSFW

20 3.9

To trick someone into giving money or their things

is a casual word for the same deceptive theft of value

to swindle

vsto goldbrick

20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

is an informal label for tricking someone out of valuables

to victimize

vsto goldbrick

7 7.2

Trick someone to take their money or things

is the informal term focusing on tricking people for valuables

to con out of

vsto goldbrick

Slang

6 8.1

To trick someone into giving you their money or other things

is the informal phrasal expression for the same deceptive act

to diddle

vsto goldbrick

6 8.9

To trick someone so you take their money or things

is a general informal label for tricking someone out of goods

to short-change

vsto goldbrick

Informal

5 7.0

Give someone less money than they should get

is broader, covering any trick to take valuables not only short payments

to chisel

vsto goldbrick

Archaic

4 8.9

To cheat someone out of money or things by tricking them

is a more casual way to describe obtaining value through deceit

to rook

vsto goldbrick

Archaic

3 9.9

To cheat someone and take their money or things

is the informal everyday term for the same dishonest taking

to grift

vsto goldbrick

Slang

1 8.9

To cheat people to get money

is a more informal synonym for the same money-taking trick

to hornswoggle

vsto goldbrick

Archaic

1 9.9

To trick someone to take their money or things

is the everyday informal term for tricking people out of value

to nobble

vsto goldbrick

NSFW

1 9.9

Get money or goods from someone by tricking them

is the common informal form describing dishonest gain of value

to bunco

vsto goldbrick

Archaic

9.9

To cheat someone by lying to get their money

is a slangy term for tricking someone out of valuables

to flimflammer

vsto goldbrick

Offensive

9.9

To cheat someone using tricks or fake deals

is the plain informal way to describe taking valuables by trickery

to gip

vsto goldbrick

Offensive

9.9

To cheat someone by taking their money or things

is a neutral informal way to describe swindling someone

to chouse

vsto goldbrick

9.9

To trick someone and take their money or things

is a casual label for the same deceptive gain of value

to mulct

vsto goldbrick

NSFW

9.9

Cheat someone to get their money or things

is a more casual term for tricking someone out of valuables

How Deceptive

to defraud

Formal

40 6.9

to swindle

20 5.5

to goldbrick

Archaic

1 9.9

to rip off

Informal

76 6.5

to cheat

474 1.2

Surface Forms

goldbrick infinitive

goldbricked past

goldbricked past participle

goldbricking present participle

goldbricks third person singular

Etymology

To goldbrick someone is to cheat or swindle them, from the scam of passing off a fake gold brick as real gold. So to goldbrick a person is to trick them into paying for something that has no real value.