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bilk
/ ɪ /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- bilker noun
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bilk1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bilk1
Example Sentences
From those schools, 10 teachers were bilked out of roughly $7,000 in credit card charges, Ware said.
But this week Joseph Sanberg, who made his fortune investing early in companies like Blue Apron, was taken into custody for his alleged role in bilking investors out of at least $145 million.
Not the cancer part, or the charity bilking, but if the recipes weren’t good, the app wouldn’t have been such a hit, right?
Nearby, in a children’s lemonade stand, the president sells us baseball caps and t-shirts while his billionaire handlers bilk the national treasury for their own nefarious means.
A Southern California doctor accused of bilking Medicare out of millions by billing for unnecessary hospice services has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, federal prosecutors said.
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