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Definition of bilk in English: bilkverb bɪlkbɪlk [with object]1informal Obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud. government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars Example sentencesExamples - His father, Robert Todino Sr., worries that malicious users have preyed on Robby's ‘psychological problems’ and bilked him out of money.
- With American education falling into decay, and each generation leaving school more hopeless than the last, it's good to know New York State isn't bilking its teachers.
- Not only had Chase bilked him out of millions of dollars, but to add insult to injury he was now demanding $1 million dollars for the safe return of his daughter.
- I thought they were putting extra charges on the bill to bilk people who weren't paying attention - I expected them to be very accommodating about correcting the bill if I made an issue out of it.
- These men could be on the street right now, bilking old ladies out of their money.
- They accuse me of actually having a home while bilking good people of their hard earned cash.
- There seem to be those that aren't really cut out for the demands of the 9 to 5 workday, and Vincent's one of those people, to be sure, but one must question if that alone justifies him bilking his father and friends out of money.
- One former customer service representative stated in 1999 that the company was ‘just bilking customers out of their money.’
- They are bilking fans out of millions of dollars by releasing the theatrical versions of the films several months in advance of the amazing extended editions.
- The four of them turn the tables on Eddington and end up bilking him out of millions.
- Shaking his head, Deuce ushered the boy and the woman into the closest inn he could find and trust-one he'd stayed in before and knew wouldn't bilk him of his money or send stable boys in the middle of the night to rifle through his purse.
- Once there fraudsters attempt to bilk their victim for yet more cash.
- Eagerly searching for work, Charlie unfortunately becomes the victim of a scam; he's bilked out of all his money, and his jobless situation has not changed.
- The electricity sector cannot be efficient when it breaks down catastrophically and bilks its own customers.
- I also remembered that summer he bilked me out of fifty cents with the assurance that he had developed invisible arm bands that would shoot out steely webs just like Spiderman.
- Who builds the offices in which lawyers can bilk their clients?
- If I were younger though, I'd do like many of the younger teachers here in Vegas do and moonlight in the casinos where you get paid more to bilk the adults of today than educate the leaders of tomorrow.
- Archie's convinced the body shop is going to bilk him.
- Some fake old woman was trying to bilk his innocent friend out of some money.
- Until the 20th century, someone who bilked the consumer without using force was rarely prosecuted.
Synonyms swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull swindle, defraud, cheat, fleece, exploit - 1.1 Obtain (money) fraudulently.
some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers
2archaic Evade; elude. Example sentencesExamples - But if thou art still a man, show thyself such, step forth, bilk the prigs, and return to thy confederate and dear friend.
Synonyms evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape, escape from, run from, run away from
Derivatives noun Whether or not an herbalist can get a better deal from the apothecary than the average joe is entirely up to the GM, but the herbalist can weed out the snake oil salesmen and bilkers, finding the best remedies for the group at the lowest prices. Example sentencesExamples - You're the best bilker I've ever had to deal with - and I want that floating gin palace of yours out of here - today.
- The corporate circus is back in town, this time with a whole new parade of bilkers, finaglers, and defrauders to entertain us with their convoluted antics.
- Forget, too, the way you are forced to pay when you order rather than at the end of a meal even if it does suggest that you're a suspected bilker.
- And even if checkbook bilkers are later caught, convictions are hard to get because many suspects cannot be identified to the satisfaction of courts.
Origin Mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning 'spoil one's opponent's score'): perhaps a variant of balk. Definition of bilk in US English: bilkverbbilkbɪlk [with object]1informal Obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud. government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars Example sentencesExamples - One former customer service representative stated in 1999 that the company was ‘just bilking customers out of their money.’
- The four of them turn the tables on Eddington and end up bilking him out of millions.
- They accuse me of actually having a home while bilking good people of their hard earned cash.
- Once there fraudsters attempt to bilk their victim for yet more cash.
- These men could be on the street right now, bilking old ladies out of their money.
- If I were younger though, I'd do like many of the younger teachers here in Vegas do and moonlight in the casinos where you get paid more to bilk the adults of today than educate the leaders of tomorrow.
- With American education falling into decay, and each generation leaving school more hopeless than the last, it's good to know New York State isn't bilking its teachers.
- Who builds the offices in which lawyers can bilk their clients?
- I thought they were putting extra charges on the bill to bilk people who weren't paying attention - I expected them to be very accommodating about correcting the bill if I made an issue out of it.
- Some fake old woman was trying to bilk his innocent friend out of some money.
- The electricity sector cannot be efficient when it breaks down catastrophically and bilks its own customers.
- I also remembered that summer he bilked me out of fifty cents with the assurance that he had developed invisible arm bands that would shoot out steely webs just like Spiderman.
- They are bilking fans out of millions of dollars by releasing the theatrical versions of the films several months in advance of the amazing extended editions.
- There seem to be those that aren't really cut out for the demands of the 9 to 5 workday, and Vincent's one of those people, to be sure, but one must question if that alone justifies him bilking his father and friends out of money.
- His father, Robert Todino Sr., worries that malicious users have preyed on Robby's ‘psychological problems’ and bilked him out of money.
- Not only had Chase bilked him out of millions of dollars, but to add insult to injury he was now demanding $1 million dollars for the safe return of his daughter.
- Until the 20th century, someone who bilked the consumer without using force was rarely prosecuted.
- Shaking his head, Deuce ushered the boy and the woman into the closest inn he could find and trust-one he'd stayed in before and knew wouldn't bilk him of his money or send stable boys in the middle of the night to rifle through his purse.
- Archie's convinced the body shop is going to bilk him.
- Eagerly searching for work, Charlie unfortunately becomes the victim of a scam; he's bilked out of all his money, and his jobless situation has not changed.
Synonyms swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull swindle, defraud, cheat, fleece, exploit - 1.1 Obtain (money) fraudulently.
some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers
2archaic Evade; elude. I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week Example sentencesExamples - But if thou art still a man, show thyself such, step forth, bilk the prigs, and return to thy confederate and dear friend.
Synonyms evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape, escape from, run from, run away from
Origin Mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of balk. |