bilk (verb)
1bilk — ► VERB informal 1) cheat or defraud. 2) obtain (money) fraudulently. DERIVATIVES bilker noun. ORIGIN originally used in cribbage meaning «spoil one s opponent s score»: perhaps a variant of BAULK(Cf. ↑baulk) …
2bilk — /bɪlk / (say bilk) verb (t) 1. to evade payment of (a debt). 2. to defraud; cheat. 3. to frustrate. 4. to escape from; elude. –noun 5. a trick; a fraud. 6. a cheater; a swindler. {origin unknown} –bilker, noun …
3bilk´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… …
4bilk — verb To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud by not fulfilling an obligation; to leave in the lurch. Johnny plans to bilk his creditor …
5bilk — 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 …
6bilk — (v.) 1650s, from or along with the noun (1630s), first used as a cribbage term; as a verb, to spoil (someone s) score. Origin obscure, it was believed in 17c. to be a word signifying nothing; perhaps it s a thinned form of BALK (Cf. balk) to… …
7bilk — verb informal 1》 cheat or defraud. ↘obtain (money) fraudulently. 2》 archaic evade; elude. Derivatives bilker noun Origin C17 (orig. used in cribbage meaning spoil one s opponent s score ): perh. a var. of baulk …
8bilk — verb (transitive + out of) informal to cheat someone, especially by taking their money; swindle 1 …
9bilk — verb, informal See swindle 1 …
10bilk — UK [bɪlk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bilk : present tense I/you/we/they bilk he/she/it bilks present participle bilking past tense bilked past participle bilked informal to get money from someone in a dishonest way …