Squander: desperdiçar,
esbanjar, dissipar
Synonyms/definitions: blow, dissipate,
fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, waste,
throw away/ to spend extravagantly or foolishly, dissipate, waste
“Surely there is a better way to invest the
billions we squander on this
obviously doomed effort at home...” (Newsweek, January 02, 2010)