bilk
transitive verb
- to balk or thwart
- to cheat or swindle; defraud
- to get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
- to manage to get away from; elude: to bilk the police
noun
- a bilking or being bilked; hoax
- a person who cheats; swindler
See bilk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bĭlk)
transitive verb bilked,
bilk·ing,
bilks a. To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.
b. To evade payment of: bilk one's debts.
- To thwart or frustrate: “Fate . . . may be to a certain extent bilked” (Thomas Carlyle).
- To elude.
noun- One who cheats.
- Obsolete A hoax or swindle.
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