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bilk

verb

/bɪlk/

Meaning

To cheat or defraud someone of money or rights.

The scammer tried to bilk elderly people out of their savings.

bilk someone out of

cheat, swindle, defraud, deceive, trick

repay, compensate, reimburse

bilk money, bilk customers, bilk investors, bilk victims

to delay doing something, often unnecessarily or habitually

to narrate or tell the details of an event or experience

to create music or writing; to make up; to calm oneself

to deny responsibility for or connection with something

to accumulate or receive over time, especially payments or benefits

to be obligated to pay or give something to someone