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bilk

noun
/bɪlk/

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

Definitions

  1. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

  2. A deception, a hoax.

  3. A cheat or swindler.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

    2. To do someone out of their due

      To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

      • They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.
      • Mr. Gallagher, who went by the nickname Doc, pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 to several charges connected to what prosecutors described as a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly 10 years and bilked older people of their retirement savings.

    3. To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after…

      To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.

    4. To evade, elude.

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Derived

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA