short-term / stopgap

to sink

good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well / a scoundrel, rogue, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person / a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour/honor or virtue

plural of buono a nulla

crime syndicate, gang, mob, mafia

lounging / slothfully / in a slothful manner; lazily

cantilever bridge / a beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony

trawl, dragnet / a net or dragnet used for trawling / a long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline

inefficiently / ineffectively

to shanghai (to force or trick into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew) / to press-gang (to force into military or naval service) / to press-gang (to coerce (someone) into doing something that they are reluctant to do)