About The Word Bilk
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Bilk
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What's The Definition Of Bilk?
[v] escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
[v] evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors" [v] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [v] cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money Synonyms | Synonyms for Bilk: baffle | cross | elude | evade | foil | frustrate | queer | scotch | spoil | thwart Related Terms | Find terms related to Bilk: avoid | baffle | balk | beat | beguile of | bunco | burn | cast down | cheat | chisel | chouse | chouse out of | circumvent | cog | cog the dice | con | cozen | crib | cross | dash | defeat | defeat expectation | defraud | diddle | disappoint | disillusion | dissatisfy | do | do in | do out of | dodge | double | duck | elude | eschew | euchre | evade | finagle | flam | fleece | flimflam | fob | foil | frustrate | fudge | gouge | gull | gyp | have | hocus | hocus-pocus | let down | mulct | overreach | pack the deal | pigeon | practice fraud upon | rook | ruin | scam | screw | sell gold bricks | shake | shave | shortchange | shun | shy | stack the cards | stick | sting | swindle | take a dive | tantalize | tease | thimblerig | throw a fight | thwart | victimize See Also | beat | break loose | cheat | chisel | dash | deprive | disappoint | double cross | escape | forbid | foreclose | forestall | get away | let down | preclude | prevent | rip off | ruin | short-circuit Bilk In Webster's Dictionary \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.]
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
\Bilk\, n. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras. 3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson. 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. --Marryat. |
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