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Bilk

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Verb

1. bilk

cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

2. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

Example Sentences:
'What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge'
'foil your opponent'

3. bilk

evade payment to

Example Sentences:
'He bilked his creditors'

4. bilk, elude, evade

escape, either physically or mentally

Example Sentences:
'The thief eluded the police'
'This difficult idea seems to evade her'
'The event evades explanation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bilk

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to balk; thwart
2. (often foll by of)
to cheat or deceive, esp to avoid making payment to
3. 
to escape from; elude
4. cribbage
to play a card that hinders (one's opponent) from scoring in his or her crib
noun
5. 
a swindle or cheat
6. 
a person who swindles or cheats

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Bilk

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verb transitive
1. 
to balk or thwart
2. 
to cheat or swindle; defraud
3. 
to get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
4. 
to manage to get away from; elude
to bilk the police
noun
5. 
a bilking or being bilked; hoax
6. 
a person who cheats; swindler

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Bilk

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tr.v. bilked, bilk·ing, bilks
1.
a. To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.
b. To evade payment of: bilk one's debts.
2. To thwart or frustrate: "Fate ... may be to a certain extent bilked" (Thomas Carlyle).
3. To elude.
n.
1. One who cheats.
2. Obsolete A hoax or swindle.

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