Bilk

/bɪlk/

Synonyms for "bilk" (139 found)

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Closest matches (28)

avoid baffle balk bamboozle beat beguilebeguile ofboodle buffalo bunco burn bustlecast downcheat chisel chousechouse out ofcircumvent clip cog

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cog the dicecon cozen

Verb(5 words)

baffle cheat con conned cozened

Strong matches (42)

Noun(4 words)

cozens defrauding diddling fleecing

crib crook cross dash defeatdefeat expectationdefraud diddle disappoint disillusion dissatisfy dodo indo out ofdodge doodle double duck duff dupe

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elude eschew euchre evade finagle flam fleece flimflam fob foil fraud

Verb(7 words)

cross defraud defrauded defrauds elude evade foil

Related words (69)

frustrate fudge gouge gull gyp have hocus hocus-pocuslet downmulct overreachpack the dealpigeonpractice fraud uponramp ream rook ruin scam screw

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sell gold bricksshake shave shirk shortchange shun shystack the cardsstick sting sucker swindle taketake a divetantalize tease thimblerigthrow a fightthwart trick victimize

Verb(13 words)

frustrate gypped gypping queer reamed rooked scotch screwed shafted spoil swindle swindled thwart

Noun(15 words)

gougers gyps hustling jew overcharging reams scamming screwing shaft shafting shortchanges skin stiffs swindles swindling

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

break loosecheat chisel defraud deprive escape forbid foreclose forestallget awaypreclude preventrip off

More specific

3 entries

fraudulent schemeinvestment fraudtax fraud

Collocations

6 entries

bilk fundsbilking customersbilking investorsbilking of investorsbilking schemesfinancial bilking

Inflections

3 entries

bilked bilking bilks

Derivations

2 entries

bilker bilking

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

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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.

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