Meaning bilk
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bilk1650s, 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 [..]
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bilkBilk is a verb that means to con, swindle, or cheat someone out of something of value. For example, he bilked the trusting old woman out of almost a million dollars.
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bilk(v) cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money(v) evade payment to(v) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of(v) escape, either physically or mentally
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bilkTo cheat, to obtain goods and decamp without paying for them.
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bilk
(cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
(obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
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