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bilk
/ bɪlk /
verb
- to balk; thwart
- often foll by of to cheat or deceive, esp to avoid making payment to
- to escape from; elude
- cribbage to play a card that hinders (one's opponent) from scoring in his or her crib
noun
- a swindle or cheat
- a person who swindles or cheats
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Derived Forms
- ˈbilker, noun
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Other Words From
- bilker noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bilk1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bilk1
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Example Sentences
The lawsuit alleged that Danone used these claims to bilk consumers out of more than $100 million.
"He told me Andrew had tried to bilk $50 million out of Mrs. Mellon," said Toben.
Con artists routinely hack into accounts to impersonate people and bilk money from strangers.
Bubbly, I contrived to bilk the doctor, by going twice a day to a place with a hole in it, over some large cookery vapours.
But wouldn't it have been a dirty act to bilk him of his money, all the more as it would have been so easy?
Im so contented now Im getting over-weight, and youd bilk me again.
Have you set another man on the track with a view to bilk me of my promised fee?
A new planet of the eleventh magnitude was discovered by Luther, at the observatory of Bilk, near Dusseldorf.
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