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Bilk

//bɪlk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  2. 2
    A deception, a hoax. obsolete
  3. 3
    A cheat or swindler. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage. transitive
  2. 2
    escape, either physically or mentally wordnet
  3. 3
    To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone). transitive

    "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."

  4. 4
    evade payment to wordnet
  5. 5
    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. UK, intransitive
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  1. 6
    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of wordnet
  2. 7
    To evade, elude. archaic, transitive
  3. 8
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

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