bilk
1Bilk — is the registered trademark of the Philadelphia based singer/songwriter who goes by the same name. BILK has performed in New Orleans Mariott, LOVE Park Philadelphia, Seattle Space Needle, Seattle Sheraton. BILK s album From Monkey With Love has… …
2Bilk — 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.… …
3bilk — [bılk] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from balk] informal to cheat someone, especially by taking their money = ↑swindle bilk sb out of sth ▪ Consumers were bilked out of more than $15,000 …
4bilk — [bilk] vt. [? altered < BALK] 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] n. 1. a bilking …
5Bilk — Bilk, n. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. [1913 Webster] 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 3. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an… …
6bilk´er — bilk «bihlk», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to cheat; defraud: »The purported racket that bilked insurance companies of $100,000 (New York Times). 2. to avoid payment of (a debt). 3. to evade; escape from. 4. to balk or spoil an opponent s score in… …
7Bilk — Bilk, Dorf mit Sternwarte bei Düsseldorf, s.d …
8Bilk — Bilk, Stadtteil von Düsseldorf, mit einer durch Benzenberg 1844 begründeten Sternwarte, die infolge der Entdeckung vieler Asteroiden (seit 1852) durch den Astronomen Luther berühmt wurde …
9Bilk — Bilk, Vorort von Düsseldorf, mit Sternwarte …
10bilk — I verb appropriate fraudulently, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chisel, circumvent, cozen, cully, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, elude, embezzle, ensnare, entangle, evade, exploit, foist upon, fool, fraud, hoax, hoodwink …
