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bilk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  2. (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
  3. (obsolete) A cheat or swindler.

Forms

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bilks Number=Plur lexicographic

bilk en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  2. (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
    • 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. 2021 November 2, Maria Cramer, “Texas Radio Host Who Bilked Listeners Out of Millions Is Sentenced to Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • 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. 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 615:
  3. (UK, intransitive) To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.
  4. (archaic, transitive) To evade, elude.

Forms

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bilking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bilked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bilked Tense=Past lexicographic
bilks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

bilker

Synonyms

counterfeit · beglammer · deceive · lead astray · catch · dissemble · trap into · trick · jiff · feign · dissimulate · put on · sham · abuse · overreach · spoof

Translations (15)

it defraudare (defraud, cheat) · no la i stikken (defraud, cheat) · pl okpić (defraud, cheat) · cs podvodně vymámit (defraud, cheat) · bg завличам (defraud, cheat) · it frodare (defraud, cheat) · fr laisser tomber (quelqu'un) (defraud, cheat) · cs obrat (defraud, cheat) · pl okpiwać (defraud, cheat) · es engañar (defraud, cheat) · de prellen (defraud, cheat) · es defraudar (defraud, cheat) · cs okrást (defraud, cheat) · hu bliccel (defraud, cheat) · cs podvést (defraud, cheat)