A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim.
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Bilking
Synonyms for "bilking" (24 found)
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More general
12 entriescrimedeceptiondeceptive practiceeconomic lossfinancial harmfraudfraudulencefraudulent activityloss of fundsmorally wrong behaviorunethical conductwrongdoing
More specific
15 entriesbank fraudconcredit card fraudexploitative conductfraudgougeidentity theftinsurance fraudinvestment fraudlarge scale bilkingoverchargepredatory practicescamsystematic bilkingtax fraud
Collocations
13 entriesbilking actbilking activitiesbilking customersbilking schemebilking victimsbrazen bilkingconsumer bilkingcriminal bilkingfinancial bilkingillegal bilkinginvestor bilkinglarge scale bilkingsystematic bilking
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Such excursions can be the sites of an orientalizing vision that has much worse consequences than the bilkings of one flimflam man.
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