First Known Use: 1647
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1bilk
verb \ˈbilk\
: to cheat or trick (a person or organization) especially by taking money
Full Definition of BILK
transitive verb
1
: to block the free development of : frustrate <fate bilks their hopes>
2
a : to cheat out of something valuable : defraud b : to evade payment of or to <bilks his creditors>
3
: to slip away from <bilked her pursuers>
— bilk·er noun
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Origin of BILK
perhaps alteration of 2balk
Related to BILK
- Synonyms
- beat, fleece, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
2bilk
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