bilk
bilk definition
bilk (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
Etymology: ? altered < balk
noun
- a bilking or being bilked; hoax
- a person who cheats; swindler
Related Forms:
- bilker bilk′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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