shirker, slacker - a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"

do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

cube, block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money

cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"

scrimshank - British military language: avoid work

malinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle