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.
Source: wiktionary
Bilk
//bɪlk//
Synonyms for "bilk" (120 found)
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Related words (60)
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9 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- завличам verb (defraud, cheat)
Czech
4 entries- obrat verb (defraud, cheat)
- okrást verb (defraud, cheat)
- podvodně vymámit verb (defraud, cheat)
- podvést verb (defraud, cheat)
French
1 entries- laisser tomber (quelqu'un) verb (defraud, cheat)
German
1 entries- prellen verb (defraud, cheat)
Hungarian
1 entries- bliccel verb (defraud, cheat)
Italian
2 entries- defraudare verb (defraud, cheat)
- frodare verb (defraud, cheat)
Norwegian
1 entries- la i stikken verb (defraud, cheat)
Spanish
2 entries- defraudar verb (defraud, cheat)
- engañar verb (defraud, cheat)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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