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bilk definition

bilk (bilk)

transitive verb

  1. to balk or thwart
  2. to cheat or swindle; defraud
  3. to get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
  4. to manage to get away from; elude to bilk the police

Etymology: ? altered < balk

noun

  1. a bilking or being bilked; hoax
  2. a person who cheats; swindler

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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