noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of one who bilks (in any sense). countable, uncountable

   "Such excursions can be the sites of an orientalizing vision that has much worse consequences than the bilkings of one flimflam man."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of bilk form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

drive-off

Example

More examples

"A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim."

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