Shirk

1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
3. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
4. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
5. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.