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
bilk′er noun
bilk
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bilk Quotes
Mr Kemblesacrificestoomuchto decorum.He ischiefly afraid of being contaminated by too close an identity with the character herepresents.This isthegreatest vice in an actor, who ought never to bilk his part.
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