welching
Dodging a debt
Welching is failing to honor a bet or obligation, especially by refusing to pay what's owed: He welched on the debt.
The word carries connotations of dishonesty and untrustworthiness.
Also spelled *welshing*, though both forms are considered offensive to Welsh people due to the ethnic slur embedded in the term.
Failing to keep commitments
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
- breachBreaking of agreement
disloyalty · treachery · defection · defaulting · abandonment · desertion · cop-out · letdown
Deception for financial gain
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
- conArgument against
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
defraud · sham · trickery · deceptive · duplicitous · deadbeat · grift · hustle
Not deserving of confidence
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- flakeyProne to breaking apart
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- shiftySeeming dishonest or evasive
dodgy · slippery · sketchy · inconsistent · flighty · unpredictable · wishy-washy · noncommittal
reneging
Failing to keep commitments
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
- selloutCompromiser of integrity
breach · disloyalty · treachery · defection · defaulting · abandonment · desertion · cop-out · letdown · bailout
swindle
Deception for financial gain
scam · defraud · sham · trickery · deceptive · duplicitous · deadbeat · grift · hustle · fleecing
untrustworthy
Not deserving of confidence
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- flakeyProne to breaking apart
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
shifty · dodgy · slippery · sketchy · inconsistent · flighty · unpredictable · wishy-washy · noncommittal · fair-weather
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
welchingpaying up
Discharging a financial obligation
honoring · fulfilling · making good · settling up · delivering
welchingpaying up
Discharging a financial obligation
settling · ponying up · coughing up · forking over · anteing up
welchingacting in good faith